Keystone XL

2017: Pipeline Resistance Gathers Steam From Successes

January 4, 2017 Lisa Song, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Dakota Access Pipeline, Keystone XL, Pipelines, Protests

By Lisa Song for Inside Climate News - When President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month, his pro-drilling, anti-climate action energy policy will buoy the oil industry. But it will also face staunch resistance from a pipeline opposition movement that gathered momentum, particularly with this year's successful showdown over the Dakota Access pipeline, and shows no signs of slowing. Local grassroots action, governments' environmental concerns and market forces have stopped or delayed dozens of fossil fuel projects since the high-profile Keystone XL pipeline was cancelled in November 2015, and activists are continuing to oppose at least a dozen oil and gas pipelines around the country.

Canada’s Trudeau Says Trump Very Supportive Of Keystone XL Pipeline

December 23, 2016 Nia Williams and Ethan Lou, www.reuters.com Resist! Canada, Donald Trump, Keystone XL, Pipelines

By Nia Williams and Ethan Lou for Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was "very supportive" of TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline in their first conversation after the U.S. election. "He actually brought up Keystone XL and indicated that he was very supportive of it," Trudeau told an event in Calgary, Canada's oil capital. "I’m confident that the right decisions will be taken." Trudeau, who too supports Keystone XL, said also he saw "extraordinary opportunities" for his country if the United States under Trump steps back from tackling climate change...

Oil Leak From Keystone Pipeline 89 Times Worse Than Originally Thought

April 13, 2016 Alejandro Davila Fragoso, www.thinkprogress.org Educate! Keystone XL, Pipelines, South Dakota

By Alejandro Davila Fragoso for Climate Progress - Nearly a week after pipeline operator TransCanada shut down a section of its Keystone line over an oil leak, the company reported Thursday thousands of gallons of oil were spilled, not less than 200 as it first said. Based on soil excavations, TransCanada said about 16,800 gallons of oil leaked onto a field in South Dakota, the Associated Press reported. After the leak was discovered Saturday and the line was shut, TransCanada said about 187 gallons of crude oil had spilled, an accident that environmental groups said shows the dangers of shipping oil by pipeline.

TransCanada’s Other Massive Pipeline Plan

March 26, 2015 Hannah McKinnon, www.priceofoil.org Educate! Environment, Keystone XL, Oil & Gas

TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has been front and center in a heated continental energy and climate debate for over four years now – and President Obama is sounding more and more like he is poised to make the right decision and reject the pipeline that would carry high carbon, high risk, high cost bitumen through North America’s heartland. As you probably can imagine, tar sands producers and shippers will not give up easily in their efforts to get Canadian oil to international markets – where they can make more money selling their oil. TransCanada has recently proposed an even bigger pipeline called Energy East that would carry 1.1 million barrels of tar sands oil from Alberta, across all of central and Eastern Canada to Atlantic refineries and ports.

Florida Employee ‘Punished For Using Phrase Climate Change’

March 23, 2015 Katherine Krueger, www.theguardian.com Resist! Climate Change, Florida, Keystone XL, Republican

An employee of Florida’s environmental protection department was forced to take a leave of absence and seek a mental health evaluation for violating governor Rick Scott’s unwritten ban on using the phrases “climate change” or “global warming” under any circumstance, according to a complaint filed against the state. Longtime employee Barton Bibler reportedly included an explicit mention of climate change in his official notes from a Florida Coastal Managers Forum meeting in late February, during which climate change, rising sea levels and the possible environmental impact of the Keystone XL Pipeline were discussed. On 9 March, Bibler received a formal reprimand for “misrepresenting that ‘the official meeting agenda included climate change’”, according to a statement from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer).

Out Of Public Glare Massive Pipeline Network Being Built

March 18, 2015 Fuel Fix, www.fuelfix.com Educate! Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Keystone XL

In a far corner of North Dakota, just a few hundred miles from the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline, 84,000 barrels of crude oil per day recently began flowing through a new line that connects the state’s sprawling oilfields to an oil hub in Wyoming. In West Texas, engineers activated a new pipeline that cuts diagonally across the state to deliver crude from the oil-rich Permian Basin to refineries near Houston. And in a string of towns in Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota, local government officials are scrutinizing the path of pipeline extensions that would pass nearby. While the Keystone project awaits a final decision, scenes like these are unfolding almost every week in lesser-known developments that have quietly added more than 11,600 miles of pipeline to the nation’s domestic oil network.

14 Arrested In Citizens’ Protest Against Climate Change Denial

March 14, 2015 Blue Skies Campaign, www.blueskiesmt.com Resist! Climate Change, Keystone XL, Oil & Gas

This morning members of 350-Missoula, Blue Skies Campaign, and CAJA3 (Community Action for Justice in the Americas, Africa, and Asia) held a sit-in at the Missoula office of Senator Steve Daines to protest the senator’s denial of climate change science and his support for fossil fuel projects like coal exports, the Otter Creek Coal Mine, and the Keystone XL pipeline. Fourteen people were arrested for refusing to leave Daines’ office in a peaceful act of civil disobedience, while around seventy supporters stood outside holding protest signs. “We are here today because we want our elected representatives to stop greenlighting harmful industries such as coal exports and the Keystone XL pipeline, and to support renewable energy and a clean, sustainable economy,” said Meaghan Browne from Butte.

College Town Cuts Ties With TransCanada Over Keystone XL

March 7, 2015 Anastasia Pantsios, www.ecowatch.com Create! Climate Change, Environment, Keystone XL, Oil & Gas

The battle over building the Keystone XL pipeline is having an impact far from its proposed route. One of those places is the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a city of 100,000 known for its educated and engaged citizens. The city currently purchases the electricity that powers its municipal buildings from TransCanada, Keystone XL’s parent company. But now its city council has passed a unanimous resolution advising city manager Richard Rossi not to do business with the company once its current contract expires at the end of 2015 and to look at acquiring the city’s electricity from clean, renewable sources. The measure was sponsored by councillor Dennis Carlone.

2015: Oil Industry Off To A Rough Start

March 2, 2015 Elizabeth Douglass, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Environment, Environmental Justice, Keystone XL

So far, 2015 has not been good to the oil industry. In just the last two weeks, the bad news included two fiery oil railcar accidents, a refinery explosion, a scandal involving an industry-funded climate skeptic, a high-profile setback for an oil-by-rail project, a big retrenchment in Canada’s oil sands, and the president's veto of the Keystone XL oil import pipeline. And that’s not all. Those events have come on top of industry-wide ripple effects from the recent plunge in crude prices. In the last two months, a string of oil companies announced disappointing earnings, workforce layoffs and sharp spending cuts. On Feb. 1, union leaders began strikes at many U.S. refineries after contract talks stalled. "It's a mess...it's like a perfect storm," said Fadel Gheit, senior oil analyst at Oppenheimer & Co.

Native American Tribes Unite To Fight The Keystone Pipeline

February 27, 2015 Robert Boos, www.pri.org Resist! Environment, Indigenous Rights, Keystone XL, Land Rights, Water

The Keystone XL pipeline may have divided advocates and lawmakers in Washington, but the controversial project has also united a wide group of Native American tribes whose lands the pipes would cross. The proposed pipeline would run for 1,179 miles from southern Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, crossing through six states and the territories of numerous tribes from the Dene and Creek Nations to the Omaha, Ho-chunk and Panka tribes. These tribal nations say the US government has failed to adequately consult and negotiate the matter with them, despite the direct effect the pipeline’s route would have on their lands “I think that a lot of tribes are really frustrated at the lack of inclusion in this process that's guaranteed through our treaty rights,” says Dallas Goldtooth of theIndigenous Environmental Network. Goldtooth says their primary concern is that the State Department’s permitting process has overlooked tribal treaties with the federal government.

Nebraska Judge Rules “No Eminent Domain For Keystone”

February 13, 2015 Chip Northrup, www.nofrackingway.us Educate! Keystone XL, Land Rights, Law, Nebraska

Nebraska judge issues temporary injunction, halts eminent domain against landowners while case proceeds back to NE Supreme Court. TransCanada agrees to halt all eminent domain cases in the state. Nebraska judge rules in favor of landowners on Keystone XL eminent domain. A Nebraska district court judge has temporarily halted the ability of a Canadian company to acquire right-of-way for the Keystone XL pipeline. Holt County District Judge Mark Kozisek granted a temporary injunction Thursday to landowners who challenged the ability of TransCanada to use eminent domain to acquire land for the controversial pipeline.

Environmental Movement Held Back KXL For Good Reason

February 10, 2015 Mark Weisbrot, www.cepr.net Resist! Canada, Climate Change, Energy, Keystone XL, Tar Sands

Ditching the Keystone XL pipeline should be a no-brainer. The 1,179-mile pipeline extension would carry some of the world’s dirtiest oil from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas. And it shouldn’t be necessary to repeat this, but since we have a Congress controlled by a party that denies the reality of climate change, it is: 97 percent of climate scientists agree that human activity has warmed the Earth. The evidence of climate disruption is all around us, from warming ocean surface and land temperatures, melting Antarctic ice sheets and glaciers, rising sea levels, and increasing heat waves and other changes in extreme weather events.

Obama To Veto KXL Pipeline

February 10, 2015 Laura Barron Lopez, www.thehill.com Educate! Environment, Keystone XL, Law, Obama, Politics

President Obama is just days away from issuing the biggest veto of his tenure, with Republicans poised to send him legislation that would authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Obama’s veto — just the third of his presidency and the first since 2010 — is expected to come with little fanfare, with even opponents of the pipeline arguing the White House should avoid further angering Democrats and unions who want Keystone to be built. "We just want to see it get it rejected. Our work doesn't end with the veto, we need to make sure votes are there to sustain that veto," said Melinda Pierce, Sierra Club's legislative director.

Story Behind Keystone XL Pipeline Amendments

February 1, 2015 Jessica Desvarieux, www.therealnews.com Educate! Climate Change, Keystone XL, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

On Thursday, the Senate passed a bill getting the Keystone XL pipeline closer to becoming a reality. During their three-week-long amendment marathon, there were some pipeline disasters, leaving many people questioning the safety and environmental impact of this cross-country pipeline. Take a look at some of his footage captured on Monday in West Virginia, where an oil pipeline exploded. Now joining us to discuss pipelines and politics are our two guests. Joining us from Madison, Wisconsin, is Steve Horn. Steve is a research fellow for DeSmogBlog and a freelance investigative journalist. Also joining us is Sam Schabacker. He is the Western region director for Food & Water Watch.

KXL Vote Brings Out Fissures On Future Energy Policy

January 31, 2015 John H. Cushman Jr., www.insideclimatenews.org Strategize! Energy, Environmental Justice, Keystone XL, Senate

The moment the gavel hammered through Thursday's vote in Congress to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, some in the Senate were predicting that a bipartisan consensus on energy policy was just around the corner. The Republican and Democratic senators who stage-managed the pipeline bill—Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Maria Cantwell of Washington—both surmised after the 62-36 vote that before long they might be working in tandem. "Maybe it bodes well for a bigger, bipartisan energy bill," said Cantwell, the ranking minority member on the Energy Committee chaired by Murkowski. Cantwell opposes Keystone and is a climate hawk, but saw glimmers of hope in the way a pair of energy-conservation amendments were waved through on voice votes.

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