WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014 – Despite strong lobbying by oil-industry allies, the U.S. Senate tonight defeated an effort to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council:
“The bill would have turned Congress into a permitting authority, overriding environmental law, and giving a green light to a pipeline project that would worsen climate change and threaten water quality. The Senate did the…
