By Sabrina Fang TransCanada the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline says they will continue to push ahead on project even if President Obama rejects it. In an interview with The Bakken Magazine Mark Cooper, a spokesperson for TransCanada, said, “This is definitely a project that’s in the interest of the United States. We’re very hopeful […]
Even Warren Buffet says it’s time to build Keystone XL
By Sabrina Fang While the president continues to ignore the facts and the science from his own State Department review of KXL, one of Obama’s biggest supporters is urging him to approve the pipeline. Warren Buffet says building Keystone is the right thing to do because Canada is an important trading partner, the oils sands resource […]
President Obama Vetoed Jobs and Energy Security
By Sabrina Fang Reject, turn down, throw out, dismiss – these are the words middle class Americans heard today when President Obama vetoed the Keystone XL pipeline. With one stroke of a pen, an opportunity was wasted to foster bipartisanship in Washington, 42,000 people were denied jobs and the promise of a secure energy future […]
Domestic Steel Industry Supports Keystone Xl
By Thomas J. Gibson, President and CEO, The American Iron And Steel Institute By definition, a “keystone” is something which other things depend on for support. Americans, including the domestic steel industry, are depending on the Keystone XL pipeline to deliver energy and create jobs. As an energy intensive industry, we know that affordable and reliable sources of […]
The Canadian Perspective on Keystone XL
By Mark Green Under-noticed in the Obama administration’s obstruction of the Keystone XL pipeline is potential damage that’s being done to our relationship with Canada – our neighbor, strategic ally and No. 1 supplier of importehttps://oilsandsfactcheck.org/files/tag/d oil – without which our economy and way of life would be much affected. that there’s a rupture over […]
Time for the President to Listen to The People
The #TimeToBuild crowd is getting louder and louder. The House has now joined the Senate, saying in one clear congressional voice, that the Keystone XL pipeline should finally be built. Democrats, Republicans and the majority of American people see benefits that would come with building this critical energy infrastructure project. The question is, when will […]