LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Chris White Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that, “unlike most politicians,” President Donald Trump’s lack of political ideology makes him open to changing his mind. “I’ve learned that he listens,” Trudeau told reporters about Trump’s managing style. “He is a little bit unlike many politicians,” he added,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch President Trump signed a pair of executive orders to move forward with two major pipelines blocked by the Obama administration, but with the caveat the U.S. would “renegotiate” the terms of building the projects. “It’s subject to a renegotiation of terms by us,” Trump said before signing…
Michael Bastasch The U.S. is increasingly importing crude oil from Canada, supplanting supplies we get from unstable countries and undermining reasons President Barack Obama used to justify killing the Keystone XL pipeline. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data shows Canadian oil imports are increasingly replacing imports from the Middle East and other parts of the world where…
Geoffrey Ingersoll Democrats and unions who supported the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline blasted President Barack Obama after he announced Thursday he was rejecting the project following a seven-year federal review. Proponents of the pipeline said the administration is killing job creation and energy independence to pander to environmentalists, despite the State Department’s findings that…
Geoffrey Ingersoll President Barack Obama just rejected plans to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline Friday, arguing the project wouldn’t do much for the economy and would undercut U.S. efforts to fight global warming. “If we want to prevent the worst effects of climate change before it’s too late, the time to act is now.”…
After slow-walking the decision for years, President Barack Obama came out today against the Keystone pipeline, a project that would have linked Canada’s pipeline network to deliver heavy crude from the Alberta oil sands to the United States’ network of refineries. Obama linked his rejection of the energy agreement to his final year push to enact…