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Pipeline Scandal Deepens: Obama Attorney's Law Firm Works for TransCanada
A new investigation reveals that Robert Bauer, former White House Counsel and President Obama’s personal attorney, works at a corporate law firm representing TransCanada — the company that hopes to build the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Exposed: State Dept.'s Keystone XL Contractor Blatantly Lied About Ties to Big Oil
A major research dossier unfurled this week shows the ERM Group openly lied about its connections to Big Oil, tar sands and TransCanada.
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Thompson v. Heineman: How a Nebraska Lawsuit Could Further Delay the Keystone XL Pipeline
The lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of a pipeline-siting law that gave the Dept. of Environmental Quality and Nebraska's governor authority to evaluate and approve Keystone XL over the Public Service Commission.
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We’re Being Watched
How Corporations and Law Enforcement Are Spying on Environmentalists
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Rural Resistance: 7th Town in Maine Passes Resolution Opposing Tar Sands Pipeline
Otisfield residents voted overwhelmingly to pass a municipal resolution that opposes sending tar sands oil through ExxonMobil’s Portland-Montreal Pipeline -- making it the 7th Maine town to officially oppose the plan.
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Investigation: Tar Sands, ALEC and the Obstruction of Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
The American Legislative Exchange Council recently adopted a “model” bill from an oil-industry lobby group that would limit states' ability to negotiate “low-carbon fuel standards” designed to reduce the carbon output of transport fuels.
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Tar Sands Protesters Shut Down Keystone XL in Oklahoma as #FearlessSummer Begins
Eight protesters blocked construction of a pump station for TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Seminole lands by locking themselves to equipment.
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Exposed - Nebraska's Unconstitutional Bill to Push the Keystone Pipeline
Through a complex maneuvering of legislative bills, Nebraska politicians are using unconstitutional means to give TransCanada the right to build the Keystone pipeline through their state.
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Storing Data, Burning Carbon: The Ecology of a National Security State
The indiscriminate and warrantless collection of personal data from millions of people not only violates the U.S. Constitution — the data farms are also an extreme waste of water and electricity.
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Keystone XL Activists Labeled Possible Eco-Terrorists By TransCanada
Documents show that TransCanada, owner of the hotly contested Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, has colluded with an FBI/DHS Fusion Center in Nebraska, labeling non-violent activists as possible candidates for "terrorism" charges.