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Keystone XL

President Obama after his re-election on Tuesday night.
Post-Sandy and Post-Election, Will Political Taboo on Climate Change Be Lifted?
Green groups wasted no time announcing a protest in front of the White House to claim a mandate for action, but partisan gridlock remains.
Even before President Obama took the stage for his victory speech last night, environmentalists...
By Jason Plautz
Nov 7, 2012 | Read More
Tree protesters in Winnsboro, Texas
Texas Keystone XL Protests Show No Sign of Abating as Arrest Tally Hits 32
Protests against the Keystone XL pipeline have led to arrests and headlines. But TransCanada says construction is moving along as planned.
Tree-sitters blockading the path of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas closed the first month of...
By Maria Gallucci
Oct 26, 2012 | Read More
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Mich. Pipeline Fight: Frustration Builds Over Elected Leaders' Silence
Amid puzzling indifference shown by elected officials over Enbridge's pipeline plans, townships are stepping up, opponents say—and giving them some hope.
At first, Katy Bodenmiller was dumbfounded by the response from U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a two-...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 17, 2012 | Read More
Map of old and new keystone xl routes through Nebraska.
Nebraska Pipeline Debate Dies Down Despite Unresolved Problems with Keystone XL Route
Latest reroute moves pipeline away from land owned by outspoken opponents but does little to avoid shallow water sources.
The decision to detour the Keystone XL around land owned by its noisiest opponents, plus the...
By Lisa Song
Oct 15, 2012 | Read More
Susan Dunavan is one of the landowners who filed the lawsuit challening Nebraska
Keystone XL: Neb. Landowners Sue Governor, but Case May Not Get Heard
Landowners say pipeline siting law violates the Constitution. State says suit should be thrown out because landowners have no right to make the challenge.
Nebraska landowners who helped doom TransCanada's plan to build its Keystone XL pipeline through...
By Lisa Song
Sep 27, 2012 | Read More
Koch Industries has had a stake going back 50-yearsin Canadian heavy oil through
Koch Brothers Cashing In 220,000 Acres of Tar Sands Holdings
Recent action by Koch Oil Sands pulls the curtain back further on the Koch family's deep but quiet involvement in Canada's oil sands industry.
A Canadian division of Koch Industries is reviewing a range of offers to buy up to 220,000 net...
By Elizabeth Douglass
Sep 20, 2012 | Read More
A console in the Enbridge oil control room.
Few Oil Pipeline Spills Detected by Much-Touted Technology
InsideClimate News analysis of a decade of federal data shows general public detected far more spills than leak detection technology.
For years, TransCanada, the Canadian company that wants to build the Keystone XL pipeline, has...
By Lisa Song
Sep 19, 2012 | Read More
Shell Albian Sands strip mine outside Fort McMurray, Alberta
Will New Fuel-Economy Rules Reduce the Need for Oil Sands Imports?
It depends on how energy preferences change, price pressures, and the degree to which the nation becomes a gateway to global markets, experts say.
The Obama administration's latest efficiency standards for new cars and trucks are expected to...
By Maria Gallucci
Sep 11, 2012 | Read More
On Sunday, July 25, 2010, Enbridge Line 6B ruptured near Marshall, Mich. and rel
The Dilbit Disaster: Inside The Biggest Oil Spill You've Never Heard Of, Part 1
A black goo stopped just 10 feet from the metal cap that marked his drinking water well. Walking on the tarry mess was like stepping on chewing gum.
MARSHALL, Mich.—An acrid stench had already enveloped John LaForge's five-bedroom house when he...
By Elizabeth McGowan and Lisa Song, InsideClimate News
Jun 26, 2012 | Read More
The Sulphur River in Lamar County, Texas
Keystone XL: Will EPA Concern Over 61 Water Crossings Go Unanswered?
The Army Corps is not responding to an EPA scientist's letter about 61 water crossings in Texas as the White House works to expedite pipeline approval.
An EPA letter that was once a mere blip on the radar for the Keystone XL oil pipeline may now be...
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News
Jun 7, 2012 | Read More