TransCanada, State Dept. Emails Show 'Pro-Pipeline Bias'

[G_j]

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/10/03-5

Published on Monday, October 3, 2011 by The Hill

Green Group says TransCanada, State Dept. Emails Show 'Pro-Pipeline Bias'
by Andrew Restuccia

Internal emails released Monday show a sometimes friendly relationship between a State Department official and a top lobbyist for TransCanada Corp., the company seeking federal approval to build a major Canada-U.S. oil pipeline.


The environmental group Friends of the Earth, which obtained the emails under a Freedom of Information Act request, said the documents are “deeply disturbing” and indicate “pro-pipeline bias and complicity at the State Department,” the federal agency that is heading up a review of TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline.

The 1,700-mile pipeline — which would carry Canadian oil sands from Alberta to refineries in Texas — has ignited a firestorm in Washington, pitting environmental and public lands groups against the oil industry.

The emails released Monday include exchanges between Paul Elliott, a top lobbyist at TransCanada and former aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, and Marja Verloop, a State Department official who works on energy and environmental issues at the U.S. embassy in Ottawa.

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[OHdem10]

1. Last week, end of week, there was a POST HERE ON DU.

The Poster had picked up the following from Bloomberg News.
(Business Insider).

The Head of Goldman-Sachs speaking to large of group of
Business Leaders: He stated the US will be the largest
producer of oil by 2017. Specifically stated we would
surpass Saudi Arabia. This means the oil will have
to come from various sources including more drilling,
it seems.

This sounds as if a lot of things are already baked in
the cake.


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[G_j]

2. it sure does

thanks for sharing!