Keystone Pipeline Critics To Obama: Reject 'Crony Capitalism'

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Keystone Pipeline Critics To Obama: Reject 'Crony Capitalism' The heads of more than a dozen major environmental, health and other non-profit groups called on President Barack Obama Tuesday to strip the State Department of its authority to permit the controversial oil pipeline project known as Keystone XL. In a letter addressed to the president, they argued that recently released emails suggest the agency has had a clear bias toward the oil industry in weighing the virtues of the proposed project, which would deliver crude oil harvested from Canada to refineries in Texas. Newt Gingrich Calls For Energy Secretary To Be Fired Over Solyndra Scandal WATCH: Arizona Dust Storm Causes Pileups On Major Interstate Leonardo DiCaprio Targets Elephant Poachers White House Slams GOP Claim 'We Can't Compete With China' In Solar Energy Business WATCH: Threatened Species Highlighted In Adorable Animal Videos BLOG POSTS Dan Pfeiffer: Now Is Not the Time to Wave the White Flag on Clean Energy Jobs America's entrepreneurs and innovators are still the very best in the world. Our workers are second to none -- and we have never been afraid of a challenge. It's time to do what we've always done in the face of a tough competitor: roll up our sleeves and recapture the lead. Philip Radford: Greenpeace Calls for Congressional Investigation of Koch's Illegal Practices Corporations like Koch Industries are granted the right to operate as a business under U.S. law. When corporations choose to routinely circumvent or break the law, our government has the duty to penalize that illegal activity with appropriate sanctions. David Fenton: How to End the Recession Saving the climate is the path out of the economic mess. The great waves of growth set off by the intercontinental railroads, the interstate highways, the internet, production for WWII -- energy transformation is the next wave. Kurt Michael Friese: The Real Veal: Sourcing and Cooking Humanely-Raised Veal The good news is that you can enjoy the luscious flavor of high-quality veal without setting your ethics aside. The way to do it is to obtain your meat locally, from small-scale farmers you can know and trust. Phil Aroneanu: Why Environmentalists Should Occupy Wall Street While from an outside perspective the Occupy Wall Street protests might seem disorganized, their message is clear: If Wall Street is occupying the State Department and the halls of Congress, its time for the people to occupy Wall Street.

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