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TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline: Update and Petition

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The debate and battle over the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline continues with efforts in the Senate to this via Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) with an amendment to the transportation bill.

The bill summary & status information  for S.2041 is located here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:4:./temp/~bdwpPi::

Those opposed to the pipeline began an online petition campaign.  They were requesting 500,000 people to sign. The timeline for this was very brief, 24 hours.   This goal was reached in much less than that time but they asked people to continue past the goal.

 

Update: As of 5:30 PM Eastern, 798,464 have signed.

You can read petition here: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/kxl_24hours/?rc=fb_share1

Below please find some articles on this topic on the Internet:

http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Oil/6953147

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/210213-senate-republicans-to-push-keystone-on-highway-bill

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-redford/keystone-xl-pipeline_b_1273232.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-mckibben/keystone-xl-protests_b_1270368.html

 

 

TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline: “Permanent” Nebraskan Jobs Number

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Our research into different views and aspects of the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline continues.  As many people know who are watching this closely, whether or not a Keystone XL pipeline runs through Nebraska and what  route there would be, if approved,  has not been decided in a definitive fashion. The  recent choice by President Obama to deny permission for the pipeline merely changed the arena for this battle. The fight either way, of getting or stopping the pipeline  is not over and will most likely continue with bills in the House and Senate.

If you are interested in guest blogging on this topic or being interviewed or know someone who would be interested, please email us at info@nebraskanpolitics.com.  We would like very much to present as many different sides and aspects to this issue as possible.

January 27, 2012

Veterans Roundtable with Congressman Lee Terry
Bellevue Chamber: DJ Dugout
Bellevue, Nebraska

A special thank you goes out to Congressman Lee Terry for visiting  in Bellevue, Nebraska to discuss veteran affairs and other areas of interest, including the pipeline.

Thanks to Congressman Terry,  our Nebraskan Politics blog finally has some number to associate with “permanent” Nebraskan jobs.

“Permanent” for purposes of this topic and our blog is defined as jobs that last the lifetime of the pipeline, so those do not include “temporary” jobs such as those needed for the construction of the pipeline.

Congressman Terry estimates that not more than 30 Nebraskan jobs would be created by the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.

Special thanks also goes out to the Bellevue Chamber for hosting and facilitating another great and informative event.

LB 239, Voter ID Bill: Intro Bill Copy Out

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The introduced copy of LB 239 is out and may be downloaded from the Unicameral at:
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Intro/LB239.pdf

Anyone interested in commenting on this, guest blogging or being interviewed on this and other topics is welcome to contact info@http://nebraskanpolitics.com for details.