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  • Keystone XL would reduce long-haul truck traffic, thus less emissions

    Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline contend that it would lead to dramatic increases in greenhouse gas emissions, but a supporter of the $7 billion oil sands project says approval would help cut harmful emissions and make the transport of American oil much more efficient..

  • Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    WALD: Foreign hands grasp the oil spigot

    The United States aspires to achieve energy independence — a goal whose worth is compounded by the freedom that reliance on solely North American sources of energy would bring from the quagmire of Middle East politics and oil.

  • ** FILE ** Work has begun on the Keystone XL Pipeline near Winona, Texas, but whether it will ever carry oil sands from central Canada to Gulf Coast refineries awaits a decision by President Obama. (Tyler [Texas] Morning Telegraph via Associated Press)

    EPA takes on State Department over Keystone pipeline

    The Obama administration has heard from plenty of critics over its handling — and endless delays — of the Keystone XL pipeline. But now it's taking fire from its own Environmental Protection Agency, which is blasting the State Department for an "insufficient" review of the massive Canada-to-Texas oil sands project.

  • **FILE** A person opposing the Keystone XL pipeline holds up photographs of an oil spill during the U.S. State Department's sole public hearing in Grand Island, Neb., on April 18, 2013, to allow citizens to make their views known on the $7.6 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

    Greens: Massive civil disobedience if Obama OKs Keystone pipeline

    As the White House moves ever so slowly toward a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, some environmental groups used Monday — Earth Day — to remind the president that approval of the massive project would carry real consequences.

  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    DRIESSEN: Double standards for regulators

    Americans must no longer ignore false realities and double standards that threaten our health and prosperity.

  • **FILE** President Obama visited the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla., in March 2012. Embarking on a second term, he faces mounting pressure on a decision he put off during his re-election campaign: whether to approve the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada. (Associated Press)

    GOP starts end run on Keystone to force decision by Obama

    House Republicans took the first step Tuesday toward forcing approval of Keystone XL pipeline, with a subcommittee passing a proposal that aims to green-light the massive project without President Obama's approval.

  • **FILE** Crews work on construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline near County Road 363 and County Road 357, east of Winona, Texas, on Dec. 3, 2012. (Associated Press/The Tyler Morning Telegraph)

    Canada campaigns for Keystone pipeline

    Canada is counting on its oil sands for sustained economic growth for the next few decades, but first it needs a reliable customer — preferably the United States.

  • Illustration: Economic recovery by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

    EDITORIAL: The sleepy economy

    Not even Vice President Joe Biden, the barker of bonhomie who sees something good in just about any headline, can put a gloss on Friday's news: The economy created a net of only 88,000 jobs in March, not the 200,000 or so expected. Unemployment is "down" to 7.6 percent, but only because so many jobseekers have abandoned hope in the face of daunting odds.

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    Obama heads to California for several high-dollar fundraisers

    After breaking bread with Republicans lately in search of compromise, President Obama will return to his role as Democratic fundraiser-in-chief Wednesday with a trip to the homes of liberal billionaire supporters in San Francisco.

  • **FILE** Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Massachusetts Democrat (Associated Press)

    Bucking green pressure, Mass. Senate hopeful backs Keystone pipeline

    The proposed Keystone XL pipeline would come nowhere near Massachusetts, but that hasn't stopped the project from becoming one of the hottest issues in that state's U.S. Senate campaign.

  • **FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. walks out of the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 4, 2013, following the counting of Electoral College votes. (Associated Press)

    Senate narrowly passes first budget in four years

    Saturday's razor-thin, predawn approval of a spending plan in the Senate is being called a victory by Democrats — but Republicans emerged from the all-nighter with momentum on two key issues: deficit reduction and the Keystone XL pipeline.

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    EDITORIAL: Unlocking the Keystone pipeline

    Weary of waiting for President Obama to provide leadership and relief for fuel prices, Democrats and Republicans in Washington are boarding the bandwagon for the Keystone XL pipeline. Partisan politics stop at the gas pump.

  • Rep. Lee Terry (Associated Press)

    Bipartisan group set to take Keystone decision out of Obama’s hands

    President Obama has often used executive authority to get around Congress — and he has promised to continue that approach in his second term.

  • President Obama visited the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla., in March. Embarking on a second term, he faces mounting pressure on a decision he put off during his re-election campaign: whether to approve the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada. (Associated Press)

    Canada minister: Build the Keystone pipeline

    Canada's trade chief made a strong pitch for the Obama administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline during a visit to Washington on Thursday.

  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    HARRIS: Looking for a better way to sell the Keystone pipeline

    No basketball coach would direct his players to cover everyone on the opposing team except their leading scorer. That would be a recipe for losing the game, not to mention the coach's job. Yet virtually all supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta, Canada's oil sands to refineries in the United States are doing exactly that in their promotion of the project.

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