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The Keystone XL Treatment: Death notice for new fossil foolish infrastructure?

February 2nd, 2021 · 1 Comment

President Biden’s first two weeks have been busy, productive, and exciting. Mehdi Hasan is not alone in concluding that “Biden’s first days in office were way better than I expected.” So many impressive (capable, ethical, experienced, passionate) appointees. Fair, but firm, engagement as to calls for “bipartisan” to undermine progress (as opposed to unity for […]

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Tags: BidenHarrisAdministration · Energy · KeystoneXL · virginia

In promoting #KeystoneXL, Trump using #AlternativeFacts re job creation

January 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on In promoting #KeystoneXL, Trump using #AlternativeFacts re job creation

The Keystone XL pipeline debate has been a preeminent space for that old analytical adage of “Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”.  Truly, the debate adds a fourth category: “Statistical Claims about KXL Job Creation“. While Republican politicians made claims sometimes over 1 million jobs and industry advocates regularly pontificated about 100,000, TransCanada came down to […]

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Tags: #AlternativeFacts · KeystoneXL · Trump · Trump Administration