Yesterday, the State Department kicked off the final round of public meetings on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in Kansas, the home state of the billionaire industrialist brothers, Charles … Read more
Ryan Salmon’s Archive
Two Labor Unions Oppose Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline And Outline Better Alternatives
“We call on the State Department NOT to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline or to take any actions that lead to the further extraction of Tar Sands … Read more
Jobs Claims For Keystone XL Don’t Stand Up To Scrutiny
Canadian oil giants are trading on Americans’ insecurity about the U.S. economy to sell us their risky Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Their job claims amount to little more than … Read more
10 Reasons Congress Should Not Rush Proposed Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
While the Yellowstone River is still being cleaned after a 42,000 gallon ExxonMobil pipeline spill earlier this month and on the year anniversary of a 840,000 gallon Enbridge pipeline spill … Read more
Senators Scrutinize Safety of Proposed Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
No study has been done nor regulations developed for tar sands pipelines, and pipeline safety regulators have not been involved in the environmental review for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar … Read more
State Dept. Fails to Learn Lessons of BP Disaster – New Assessment of Tar Sands Pipeline Inadequate
If there is one lesson we should have learned over the year-to-the-day since the BP disaster in the Gulf, it’s that oil companies cannot be trusted on safety and the … Read more
TransCanada Flip-Flops on Keystone XL’s Impact on Oil Prices
On January 25, TransCanada spokesman Terry Cunha told the AP that a $3-a-barrel increase is expected for the price of Canadian heavy crude oil in the Midwest if the Keystone … Read more
