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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 19 January 2012 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)32. Obama turns down Keystone XL oil pipeline
The Obama administration has turned down the contentious Keystone XL pipeline project but will allow a revised application to be submitted, according to US lawmakers and lobby groups familiar with the decision.
The White House and the State Department, which is responsible for the ruling, refused to confirm any details on Wednesday afternoon but lawmakers, as well as energy industry and environmental lobbyists, were already predicting that the project would have to be modified.
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----------THE FEAR IS PALPABLE. [N]NOW[/N] I BET HE WISHES HE HADN'T THROWN ALL HIS LITTLE PEOPLE SUPPORTERS UNDER THE BUS...AND WITH ANY JUSTICE, RAHM WILL BE THE NEXT ILLINOIS POLITICIAN IN ORANGE.
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Demeter
Jan 2012
#7
Speaking of the skunk, I just meandered over to Automatic Earth and found this.
Fuddnik
Jan 2012
#18
Yeah. What would be the corresponding statistics for the States? The Skunk, you see,
Ghost Dog
Jan 2012
#19
Well, ZH has a tendency to go way over the top, on occasion. The 'soundbite' is based on
Ghost Dog
Jan 2012
#20
I don't really "understand" any of it, Tansy - but I don't think it matters
bread_and_roses
Jan 2012
#62
Not as far back as our reptile brains. Just a hundred and fifty years of Western social progress,
Ghost Dog
Jan 2012
#65
The A-List: Jeffrey Sachs - Self-interest, without morals, leads to capitalism’s self-destruction
Demeter
Jan 2012
#37
Obama's "tax-policy", the new puppet-in-waiting and the collapsed UBS business model.
Ghost Dog
Jan 2012
#87