"So if this anti-environmentalist radical group is the bitter enemy of Brian Schweitzer, why are some Democrats characterizing Schweitzer as a radical anti-environmentalist?"
...Keystone is going to define Obama's environmental legacy, meaning destroy it. Now supporting Keystone isn't all that bad?
Murkowski pushes Obama on Keystone XL, crude-export ban
By Laura Barron-Lopez
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) wants President Obama to get on board with her push for lifting the U.S. ban on crude exports and approving the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
In a letter sent to Obama on Tuesday, Murkowski called on the president to take executive action.
"While I believe you retain the executive authority necessary to lift the ban on crude exports, if you need legislative support from the Congress in order to do so, you will always have a willing partner from Alaska," Murkowski wrote in the letter on Tuesday.
Last week, she released a white paper on the benefits associated with expanding the country's energy trade, with a specific look at crude exports.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/195424-murkowski-pushes-obama-on-keystone-xl-crude-export-ban
The anti-Obama candidate:
Montana's Democratic governor slams ‘jackasses’ in DC for Keystone delay
By Ben Geman
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) is expressing frustration with the debate in Washington over the Keystone XL pipeline, which he strongly supports.
“Ninety per cent of these jackasses that are complaining about the Keystone pipeline in Washington, D.C., one year ago wouldn't have even known where the Keystone was. While we were doing the heavy lifting here in Montana and in South Dakota and in Kansas and Oklahoma ... in Washington, D.C. ... all these great defenders had never heard of Keystone before,” Schweitzer said in an interview published Thursday.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/212439-montana-gov-slams-anti-keystone-jackasses-in-dc
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