White House Cop-Out on Keystone Environmental Concerns
The beginning of March has proved extra busy for those on Capitol Hill (D.C. that is, not Seattle). In addition to the spate of newly confirmed government appointees, the White House has also published a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement [...]
Tags: Activism, Climate Change, Environment, First Nations, John Kerry, Kate Mottola, Keystone XL Oil Pipeline, Native American, NEPA, State Department, TransCanada, White House
KEYSTONE NIXED, FOR NOW
Plans to extend the Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands in Canada, to the Gulf Shores in the United States have officially been put on hold this afternoon. In a statement, President Obama said, “the Secretary of State [...]
Tags: Blaine Skrainka, Canada, Capitalism, Cronyism, Environment, EPA, For Now, Hillary Clinton, Keystone Nixed, Keystone pipeline, Obama, Politics, State Department, The Wild Magazine, world
Energy and the Environment
Two major energy policy issues have been garnering attention recently, and they may serve to test the Obama administration’s commitment to the environment and sustainability. The simultaneous debates over the failure of Solyndra and the proposed Keystone XL pipeline highlight [...]
Tags: Blaine Skrainka, Canada, Capitalism, Cronyism, Energy and the Environment, Environment, EPA, Keystone pipeline, Politics, Solyndra, State Department, The Wild Magazine, world
