Showing posts with label Keystone XL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Keystone XL. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Lobbying Budgets of Keystone XL Opponents Exceeded That Of Supporters By More Than 35 To 1

Lobbying Budgets of Keystone XL Opponents Exceeded That Of Supporters By More Than 35 To 1: At least fifty oil companies, business trade associations, labor unions, and political groups with combined lobbying budgets of more than $178 million lobbied Washington in support of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in 2012. And the dozen groups lobbying against the environmentally risky project had 2012 lobbying budgets of less than $5 million total, [...]/p

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

David vs. Goliath: Keystone XL Multinational Bullies Pipeline Protestors into Settlement | Common Dreams

David vs. Goliath: Keystone XL Multinational Bullies Pipeline Protestors into Settlement | Common Dreams
"Transcanada, the multinational giant behind the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, has followed a new corporate strategy by filing crushing lawsuits against individual activists and financially vulnerable organizations that have tried to halt to the construction of thecontroversial project."