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 […]
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Mr. President: What’s “Embarrassing” is a Six Year Delay on Keystone XL
December 5, 2014 Blog, Issue Alerts
It was widely reported this week that President Obama is “embarrassed” that the United States is “falling behind” countries like China when it comes to building the infrastructure needed to sustain a growing economy. As he said about a convention center that was built in China: “They had built it in a year.” Meanwhile, it […]
Divestment Campaign: More Symbolism over Substance
October 23, 2014 Blog, In the News
Today on the National Journal Experts blog, Oil Sands Fact Check’s Matt Dempsey provides the facts about Bill McKibben’s anti-fossil fuel divestment campaign, showing that it is more about symbolism than substance. OSFC previously exposed the truth behind the Rockefeller Brother Fund (RBF) divestment announcement last month, pointing out what many reporters ignored: that RFB, […]
Keystone XL shovel ready six years and counting
September 18, 2014 Blog, Infographics
Friday, September 19, 2014 marks the six year anniversary of TransCanada’s submission of its application to build the Keystone XL pipeline. Ahead of that anniversary, Oil Sands Fact Check is releasing an infographic detailing the long history of President Obama’s delay on the pipeline. Keystone XL is as important today as it was six years […]
Keystone XL opponents grasp at straws in latest stunt
August 18, 2014 Blog
Keystone XL opponents’ climate claims have been repeatedly debunked by the Obama administration, research institutions, and energy and climate experts, yet they haven’t given up. Today, the anti-Keystone XL group, Friends of the Earth, submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the State Department asking it to hand over all the documents related […]
As Americans Say Yes to Keystone XL Opponents Recycle Old Stunts
August 12, 2014 Blog
Support across the country for the Keystone XL pipeline is overwhelming. In fact, as a Pew Poll revealed last month, it’s “almost universal.” But that’s no wonder considering that the benefits of Keystone XL are obvious. As our pamphlet “Why Americans Say Yes to Keystone XL” explains, Keystone XL will create tens of thousands of […]
