The Billionaire Against Big Oil
Billionaire Tom Steyer argues that Keystone XL “has become the defining issue in the climate change fight of our times".
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Keystone XL: playing the Iran card, ignoring the facts
The American Petroleum Institute, along with Senator Lugar (R-IN), has grasped the recent threat of a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz as the perfect opportunity to peddle its misinformation about Keystone XL and U.S. energy security. The Strait of...
Senators send pro-Keystone XL letter, once again drenched with oil money
Only mere days after the biggest rally and march in support of climate action and against the Keystone XL pipeline in US history, another letter has been sent by a group of Senators calling for approval of the troublesome Keystone...
In Advance of TransCanada Earnings Call, Groups Release Investor Briefing on Keystone XL Obstacles
This new investor briefing examines the current state of the Keystone XL pipeline and the legal, regulatory, and political obstacles that its owner TransCanada continues to face.
Activists Rally Against Trudeau’s Support for Keystone XL
Activists rallied at the Canadian Embassy during Trudeau’s first visit to D.C. – the PM has said he wants to “work with” Trump to construct Keystone XL.
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.
State of the Union 2015: Big Oil’s grip loosens
Aside from providing some entertainment, twitter fodder, and political theater...coming on the eve of the 5th anniversary of the dubious Citizens United Supreme Court decision, last night’s State of the Union speech showed us a few important things when it...
U.S. oil boom threat to tar sands much greater than State acknowledges
The U.S. oil boom is a clear threat to the tar sands market in the Gulf Coast. The State Department failed to acknowledge this in the SEIS.
Nebraska Approves Keystone XL alternative route, Oil Change International response
Today the Nebraska PSC chose to stand with Trump, climate denial, and Big Oil. Good luck with that. Whatever happens now there is precisely zero chance that the global citizen, investor, and government momentum behind the Paris goals and against...
Natural Resources Committee votes for Big Oil
Regular readers of this blog will not be surprised to hear that the GOP-led Natural Resources committee of the House of Representatives followed the Energy and Commerce Committee's lead in voting to advance a bill designed to circumvent normal process...