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Keystone XL pipeline

Low expectations for US bill pushing Keystone approval

Republican senators fight back against pipeline delays - but will their attempts have any impact?

U.S. to TransCanada: Find a new route for Keystone XL

The $7-billion Keystone XL project experienced another setback today after the U.S. State Department ordered TransCanada to draw up another route to divert the proposed pipeline away from the...

As opponents testify in Washington, Harper calls proposed Alberta tarsands pipeline a "no brainer"

Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters in Regina that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline was a "no brainer", while a variety of opponents were in Washington, D.C. testifying in front of Congress...

U.S. groups file suit to halt illegal preliminary work on proposed Keystone XL pipeline

  Three U.S. conservation parties will file a lawsuit today in efforts to halt illegal preliminary work on TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline. The proposed pipeline has also garnered attention...

Ottawa Keystone XL pipeline protest breaking news: Maude Barlow and David Cole arrested

Arrests are being made in Toronto right now of people protesting the Keystone XL pipeline. Maude Barlow, head of the Council of Canadians, and David Cole, president of the Paperworkers Union of...

Naomi Klein after Keystone XL pipeline protest arrest

Harper government "global advertising agency" for oil industry, author Naomi Klein says after Keystone XL pipeline protest arrest.

Great ways to spend the last week in August

Well, we hate to put a damper on things, but this is a friendly reminder that this will be the last weekend of August. Yep, we can't believe it either. Which means that we need to take advantage of...

Alberta oilsands at the centre of White House protests over next two weeks

Environmentalists pull out Hollywood star power to argue that oilsands crude is too dirty a deal for American refineries.

David Suzuki and Bill McKibben urge civil disobedience to stop Keystone XL pipeline

David Suzuki calls on people to risk arrest this August in order to halt construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta's tar sands to Texas refineries.