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Krauthammer: The Pipeline Sellout (1)

Obama puts politics over nation, again. In 2008, the slogan was “Yes We Can.” For 2011–12, it’s “We Can’t Wait.” What happened in between? Candidate Obama, the vessel into which myriad dreams were poured, met the reality of governance. His … Continue reading

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Corcoran: The real Keystone issue – Property rights

The power to expropriate property to make way for pipelines is weakening There are a lot of donkeys on whom to pin the blame for the U.S. State Department’s decision to kick TransCanada’s $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline into another political … Continue reading

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Kheiriddin: Keystone pipeline prove too sensible for politics (2)

The Keystone XL pipeline is an idea whose time has come. The $7 billion project would create over 100,000 jobs, pump 1.3 million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the Gulf Coast, reduce the United States’ dependence on … Continue reading

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Canada will look to sell oil elsewhere if U.S. balks at Keystone XL: Oliver

If the United States turns it back on increased supplies of Canadian oil by cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline, Canada will look to export more to other countries, particularly in Asia, federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said Friday. Mr. … Continue reading

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Both sides turn up the heat in final pipeline hearing

A final public hearing on the proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline on Friday turned into a heated and often testy battle, filled with boos and cheers for speakers who traveled from across the country to testify. Protesters … Continue reading

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White House feels pressure on oil pipeline

The State Department’s support of a controversial oil-pipeline project is putting pressure on the White House to move forward after three years, despite objections from environmentalists. A series of public hearings concludes Friday on the Keystone XL pipeline, which would … Continue reading

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Black: Let Canada’s oil flow

There has been good, as well as disappointing, economic news for Canada in recent days. On the positive side: All indications are that the impenetrable mysteries of the American political and regulatory process will finally overcome ecological hysteria and approve … Continue reading

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Foster: Nobels savage Keystone XL

The radical environmental campaign against TransCanada Corp’s $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline has evolved — typically — into political theatre cum PR trench warfare with a side of stranger-than-fiction. A Greenpeace-organized protest in Ottawa on Monday against the line, which is … Continue reading

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Foster: Frankenpipeline

Environmental groups spout ­misinformation on Keystone pipeline According to Jeremy Symons, senior vice-president of the National Wildlife Federation, referring to the proposed $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline, “Toxic and corrosive tar-sands sludge is not like regular oil. We need to update … Continue reading

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