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Permit without a cause: The danger Nebraskans face from an unneeded pipeline

With public hearings beginning today in Lincoln, Nebraska, we look at why the Nebraska PSC should be considering whether the pipeline is really needed.

All Bust, No Boom

In a dramatic turn of events, it looks like all bust and no more boom for the Alberta tar sands, according to our recent analysis based on industry data. In reality, future rates of production will likely be insufficient to fill even one new pipeline.

CAPP’s Fictional Forecast – What Pipe are They Puffing?

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers' "data" claiming a need for pipelines looks increasingly far-fetched the more one looks into it.

Less PowerPoint. More Power.

After that paranoid, delusional babble in the Koch-sponsored Rose Garden last week, Trump has united and energized the global climate movement like never before. The critical question is this: How do we build more political power, and how do we win?

Awash in Oil, Keystone Refineries on Export Overdrive

With refinery exports booming, the Gulf Coast awash in oil and oil companies ditching the tar sands, the energy security case for Keystone XL is more spurious than ever.

Due to KXL’s “Hefty Financial Risk”, Will it Ever be Built?

For those fighting the KXL pipeline, there are important lessons to learn from recent events. First that Trump is defeatible. The man who has made a career of being an Alpha-male bully in business is now finding the reality of politics very different.

Climate Denier Trump Takes us into “Unchartered Territory” with KXL

Later today, the Trump administration is expected to announce the approval of the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

#NoKXL Best Hits: Six Reasons Keystone XL Must Not Be Built

As we await the photo-op of Keystone XL approval from the Trump Administration, here's a compilation of a few of our "best hits" for why Keystone XL must not be built.

Oil Market Facts Expose Trump’s Empty Keystone Rhetoric

A look at today's oil market exposes the hollow rhetoric surrounding the Keystone XL project. The project would exacerbate a supply glut at Cushing and is clearly not needed.