Statement of Dylan Voorhees, Clean Energy Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine NRCM news release Today, President Obama announced that he has rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would have transported tars sands oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. “Today’s announcement by President Read More
Keystone XL Pipeline
Senate Fails to Override Obama Veto of Keystone XL Pipeline
It’s the latest chapter in the struggle between Republicans and the president over energy policy. By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press Associated Press news story WASHINGTON – The Senate on Wednesday failed to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill to construct the Keystone XL pipeline, the first of many confrontations between the Republican-controlled Congress Read More
White House Says It Will Veto Bill to Approve Keystone Pipeline
The announcement comes after the new, Republican-controlled Senate said its first bill will be to approve construction of the much-delayed pipeline. The Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto the first piece of legislation introduced in the Republican-controlled Senate, a bill approving the much-delayed Keystone Read More
King’s Senate Committee Takes up Keystone Pipeline Bill
By Mal Leary MPBN news story Sen. Angus King starts serving on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week, as the controversial Keystone Pipeline bill comes up for Senate consideration. Action on the legislation is expected by the end of the week. King says, for Congress, the issue is moving at beyond warp Read More
Senator Angus King Right on Keystone XL Pipeline
On behalf of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, I want to express our deep appreciation for Senator Angus King’s vital vote that blocked legislation that would have allowed construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The pipeline would let Canadian companies pump toxic tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where Read More
Angus King to Cast Pivotal ‘No’ Vote on Keystone Pipeline
The Maine senator confirms that he will vote against the project that a Louisiana Democrat considers crucial to saving her career. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story Maine Sen. Angus King said he plans to cast a pivotal vote against a Keystone XL pipeline bill on Tuesday, potentially scuttling supporters’ efforts Read More
LePage Details Support of Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline Project in Letter to John Kerry
by Christopher Cousins, BDN staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage’s endorsement of the controversial Keystone pipeline project, which he detailed in a March 3 letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, added new fuel to a long-term debate about bringing tar sands oil through Maine. At issue is a Read More
Waterville Protesters Want Obama, Kerry to Kill the Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
By Doug Harlow, staff writer Kennebec Journal news story WATERVILLE — As North America slowly runs out of “sweet oil,” industrialists are turning to the more dangerous and dirty “oil sands” from Alberta, Canada, to power the economy, demonstrators said Sunday. Oil sands, a low-grade petroleum called bitumen, also known as tar sands oil, would Read More
NRCM Statement on State Department Final Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline
“We are disappointed that the State Department has chosen to favor corporate oil interests over the mountain of evidence that tar sands pose a severe environmental risk. The final decision on Keystone XL rests with the President, and he must now decide whether this pipeline from Canada to international oil markets is in the national Read More
