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Daily Archives: May 22nd, 2013

U.S. House passes bill to take decision on Keystone XL pipeline out of president’s hands

Excerpt: By a vote of two hun­dred and forty-one to one hun­dred and sev­en­ty-five, the U.S. House tonight opt­ed to approve a Repub­li­can-backed bill that essen­tial­ly seeks to give Cana­di­an petro­le­um giant Tran­sCana­da final approval to build the Key­stone XL pipeline through the Amer­i­can Mid­west (and across the bor­der into Alberta). Nine­teen Democ­rats sided with two […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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