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In a February 2015, the US EPA responded to the U.S. Department of State's Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Final SEIS) for the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, [260] that the pipeline will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions because it will lead to the expansion of Alberta's carbon-intensive oilsands.
The Keystone Pipeline oil spill occurred on December 7, 2022, when a leak in the Keystone Pipeline released 13 [1],000 barrels of oil into a creek in Washington County, Kansas. [2] The leak is the largest in the United States since the 2013 North Dakota pipeline spill and the largest in the history of the Keystone Pipeline. [3] [4] [5]
Executive Order 13990, officially titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis [1] is an executive order signed by President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, which implements various environmental policies of his administration including revoking the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline [2] and temporarily prohibiting drilling in the ...
The Keystone XL saga has been playing out for some time now, and it would seem that the uncertainly regarding its future will soon come to a close. Until that time, though, it will continue to ...
By now, you have probably heard about Transcanada's Keystone XL pipeline. For even the most casual observer of the energy industry, this project has been the spark that has ignited political ...
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President Donald Trump signing the Presidential Memoranda to advance the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. January 24th, 2017. On January 18, 2017, the USACE filed its formal Notice of Intent to conduct the Environmental Impact Statement process. [58]
350.org named the Keystone XL pipeline as a critical issue and turning point for the environmental movement, as well as for then-President Barack Obama's legacy. NASA climatologist James Hansen labeled the Keystone XL pipeline as "game over" for the planet and called the amount of carbon stored in Canadian bitumen sands a "fuse to the largest carbon bomb on the planet".