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Obama signs bill forcing faster decision on Keystone XL oil pipeline

  CALGARY _ TransCanada Corp. says construction on its controversial Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas -- except for a stretch through Nebraska -- may begin within months now that U.S....

Cashing in on Canada's tar sands: oil transporters

Which companies profit from oil sands transport operations? Second in a series exploring who has high stakes in the oil sands.

Low expectations for US bill pushing Keystone approval

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

Enbridge’s “Gateway to Destruction”

Activists say 80 per cent of BC is against the Kitimat pipeline project -- and for good reasons.

Rerouting Keystone pipeline not enough, critics say

"We've saved the aquifer, now we've got the world's atmosphere to protect."

U.S. Republican senator "stunned" by Keystone XL opposition

Republican senator Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) defended TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline project at a Women in Washington conference Wednesday. Murkowski noted if the U.S. rejects the Keystone XL deal...

Why is the Keystone XL pipeline so controversial?

In this piece by Lois Beckett, a Harvard graduate who has written for The Times of India as well as other publications, ProPublica takes on deconstructing the Keystone XL Pipeline.  You've heard...

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...