WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday promised a "fair and transparent" review of a Canadian company's plan to pipe oil from western Canada to refineries in Texas.
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton said he is doubtful that President Obama will approve the Keystone XL pipeline, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports.
Pressing the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, TransCanada CEO Russ Girling called on President Obama and his administration to consider the economic and security concerns of rejecting the project, The Washington Post reports.
President Obama could avoid political fallout from both parties if he pairs approval the Keystone XL pipeline and new regulations on power plants, Politico reports.
Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird for a bilateral policy meeting that will include discussion on energy and the Keystone XL pipeline, The Hill reports.
An official said the Obama administration's decision on TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline could be delayed until June at the earliest, Reuters reports.
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning's office answered a lawsuit filed by three landowners challenging an amendment to the state's pipeline siting law, contending the provision is constitutional, the Lincoln Journal Star reports.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., clarified remarks that appeared to diminish the Keystone XL pipeline's role in climate change, saying he meant climate change policy needs to be bigger than rejecting the project, The Hill reports.
Sen. John Kerry on Thursday pledged to subject the Keystone XL pipeline to a full environmental review process if he is confirmed to head the State Department, though he declined to say whether he would block the project.
"It will not be long before that (review) comes across my desk and at that time I'll make the appropriate judgments about it. But it does require -- we are responsible for the environmental review and there are specific standards that have to be met with respect to that review," Kerry said during his Senate confirmation hearing.
The House approved a bill that would protect electric utilities from environmental fines and lawsuits if the Energy Department orders them to keep power flowing, FuelFix reports.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will meet to discuss safe development of shale gas and hear testimony from government and industry officials today, The Hill reports.
Activists and environmentalists launched criticisms against the Environmental Defense Fund for its decision to join industry groups to help develop hydraulic fracturing standards, Bloomberg reports.
Some industry leaders are concerned that shifting opinions and increased legislative action on hydraulic fracturing could hinder their chances to develop Colorado's energy resources, Bloomberg reports.
Dominion Resources Inc. told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week that it had removed all nuclear fuel from the reactor at the shuttered Kewaunee Nuclear Plant, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports.
A Colorado bill to establish a renewable energy mandate for cooperatives has faced a lawsuit and an advertising campaign over whether the bill would incentivize state renewable energy, The Gazette reports.
