Senator Wyden Amendments to Keystone XL Pipeline Bill to End Taxpayer Subsidy for Tar Sands Cleanup, Reduce Wasted Natural Gas

Amendments Would Close Loophole Exempting Tar Sands From Oil Spill Cleanup Fees and Ensure Taxpayers Receive Fair Share from Energy Production

Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2015.  Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced two amendments to a Senate bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Wyden’s amendments would require foreign oil companies – not taxpayers – to be responsible for cleaning up oil spills and ensure taxpayers receive fair returns for energy produced on public lands, while…