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 […]
Domestic Steel Industry Supports Keystone Xl
February 23, 2015 Blog
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 […]
Congress can get work done, Mr. President reconsider your KXL veto
January 29, 2015 Blog
By Sabrina Fang Democrats and Republicans have started 2015 on the right foot, proving they can come together to pass meaningful legislation and they have. Both chambers have passed a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. But the big question is will the president embrace this bipartisan accomplishment and work with Congress or will he […]
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January 26, 2015 Blog
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
