Posted on 10 May 2012. Tags: Alberta Oil Sands, Canada Trade, Canadian Association Of Petroleum, Canadian Association Of Petroleum Producers, Canadian Oil Companies, Canadian Producers, Ceos, Crude Oil, Dave Collyer, Impetus, Keystone, Members Of Congress, Oil Production, Pipeline, Pipelines, Repercussions, Snowball, State Of Nebraska, Transcanada, Unnecessary Delays
Politico reports today, “Canadian oil executives this week are personally warning U.S. lawmakers that the delay in the Keystone XL pipeline has repercussions on U.S.-Canada trade relations. The CEOs of at least six Canadian oil companies or subsidiaries — in town on a regular annual visit ostensibly to talk about broader issues affecting Canadian oil [...]
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Posted in Senate News Briefing
Posted on 09 December 2011. Tags: Alberta Oil Sands, Bipartisan Support, Canadian Prime Minister, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Dependence On Foreign Oil, Economic Energy, Gene Green, Hitch A Ride, House Democrats, Infrastructure Project, Mike Ross, Mile Pipeline, Obama, Payroll Tax, Pipeline Project, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Stephen Harper, Texas Refineries, Veto Pledge, Veto Threat
Although President Obama said during a press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper this week, “any effort to try to tie Keystone [XL pipeline] to the payroll tax cut I will reject,” Politico reports today that “to some House Democrats, getting approval for the $7 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline from Alberta oil sands to Texas [...]
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Posted in Senate News Briefing
Posted on 29 November 2011. Tags: Agenda 21, Alberta Oil Sands, Blunders, Canada Canada, Climate Conference, Ctv News, Durban South Africa, Environment Minister, Iclei, Joe Oliver, Kyoto Accords, Liberal Government, National Interests, Natural Resources Minister, Ndp Leader, News Canada, Peter Julian, Peter Kent, Ron Paul, Time Canada
It’s a bird, a plane, NO it’s another UN climate conference! Here’s the live website! (Listen to the video on the “fossil of the day” – if you can stand it! It’s Occupy in suits and ties! Maybe they’ll cite this blogger for special acclaim!) Here’s the official website. Just in time for the latest [...]
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