By Sabrina Fang A picture is really worth a thousand words. Look at this photo of the president, taken on March 22, 2012. He’s standing in front of a pile of pipes in Oklahoma that later would be used to build the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. And this is what he said […]
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Mr. President: Don’t Veto Progress, Jobs
January 23, 2015 Blog
By Khary Cauthen Already this month, the U.S. Senate has done more voting than it did in all of 2014. With Thursday’s session running to midnight, it’s great to see the Senate moving closer to passing a bipartisan bill to approve building the Keystone XL pipeline, which would create well-paying construction jobs here in the […]
Mr. President let’s start with one pipeline
January 21, 2015 Blog
By Sabrina Fang Last night during his State of the Union, the president spoke about wanting Democrats and Republicans to come together to support new infrastructure, but they already have! Congress is preparing to send a bipartisan bill to the president to build Keystone XL. Unfortunately, this bipartisan effort has been met with a veto […]
A ‘Clean’ Push for the Keystone XL
January 20, 2015 Blog
By Sabrina Fang Over the next several days the Senate is expected to debate legislation advancing the Keystone XL pipeline. The hope is that a “clean” pro-Keystone XL bill will be sent to the president. A number amendments to the legislation may be proposed, but the best course is for a clean, bipartisan bill to […]
Jobs and the Keystone XL
January 15, 2015 Blog, Issue Alerts
Mark Green (Cross Posted From Energy Tomorrow) As the Keystone XL pipeline debate in Congress continues, working Americans are pushing back against those – including President Obama – who dismiss as “temporary” the jobs the project would support. North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) published an open letter to members of Congress (left) that asks […]
The Facts About the Keystone XL
January 9, 2015 Blog, Issue Alerts
Mark Green (Cross Posted From Energy Tomorrow) With legislation to advance the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline moving ahead in the Senate, potentially attracting a misguided veto from President Obama, some important numbers: 76 – The number of months Keystone XL has been blocked by the Obama administration. Historically, approvals for cross-border pipeline projects take 18 […]
