How Big Oil's Back Room Dealing with the GOP Revived the Keystone XL<\/a>
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Money graf: "The only reason anyone is fighting for the Keystone XL is that they're getting paid to do it–and unfortunately, 234 of its most sympathetic mercenaries sit in the U.S. House of Representatives." #ddtb Embedded Link How Big Oil's Back Room Dealing with the GOP Revived the Keystone XL This is not what democracy … Continue reading “Money talks … just ask the supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,63,9],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-environment","category-politics-law","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25562,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/black-gold-texas-tea.html","url_meta":{"origin":24556,"position":0},"title":"Black Gold … Texas Tea","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 18-Jan-12 3:10pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A lot of folks supporting the Keystone XL pipeline don't realize that it has nothing to do with providing the US more oil. As the article notes, there is plenty of existing pipeline capacity to the US from Canada. But all those pipelines end at refineries in the Midwest; the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26157,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/why-public-policy-surveys-are-frequently-a-bit-dodgy.html","url_meta":{"origin":24556,"position":1},"title":"Why public policy surveys are frequently a bit dodgy","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Feb-12 10:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because the questions, at best, are oversimplified, and, at worst, intentionally framed to deliver a result. And the Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline is a great example. #ddtbReshared post from +Susan Stone Embedded Link Do Americans Really Support Shipping Toxic Sludge (Strip-Mined from a Forest) Through a Major Aquifer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49379,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/27\/keystone-xl-is-critical-for-what-was-that-again.html","url_meta":{"origin":24556,"position":2},"title":"Keystone XL is critical for … what was that again?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 27-Jan-15 8:40am","format":false,"excerpt":"The two main arguments made by the GOP and Petro lobby (not necessarily the same thing) are:1. Jobs!2. Energy independence!So you'd think two Democratic amendments to the GOP's \"Regulator Review by Legislative Fiat\" Keystone bill that (a) create more American jobs and (b) pushes for energy independence would be shoo-ins.But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26610,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/21\/gingrich-offers-everyone-2-gas-prices-also-moon-base-and-pony.html","url_meta":{"origin":24556,"position":3},"title":"Gingrich offers everyone $2 Gas Prices. Also, Moon Base and Pony","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 21-Feb-12 8:18pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Incidently, Newt, exploration and drilling and discovery and pumping and refining and shipping of new source of oil -- be they in NoDak, or the Alberta oil sands -- is not an overnight thing. Those sources won't be producing in quantity for a decade, well beyond any hypothetical \/ dreaded\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27475,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/20\/the-cost-of-oil-rains-on-the-just-and-unjust-alike.html","url_meta":{"origin":24556,"position":4},"title":"The cost of oil rains on the just and unjust alike","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Apr-12 5:35am","format":false,"excerpt":"The cost of gasoline at American pumps is tied to the global price of oil. Pretty much end of story. 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