IN THE UNITED STATES On Tuesday, Nebraska lawmakers are scheduled to vote on a bill that would reroute the Keystone XL pipeline away from the Sandhills region.
In recent months, however, as low oil prices reduced the economic viability of further tar sands expansion, campaign groups have turned away from Keystone and shifted their energies to opposing Obama's decision to allow Shell to hunt for oil in the Arctic.
"It would dismantle the very center of Christian thought and take away the keystone of the arch of Christian theology".
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill on Thursday that would wrest control of a permit for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline away from President Barack Obama, who has put the project on hold.
Earlier this month, the owner of a bakery in Pennsylvania cited her religious beliefs as her incentive for rejecting a lesbian couple's request for a commitment ceremony cake, just days after a bridal salon (which also happens to be located in the Keystone State) similarly turned away a pair of brides-to-be who sought gowns for their forthcoming wedding.
At this stage, it doesn't look like they will be able to assemble the necessary majorities of two-thirds in both chambers, but that doesn't mean the Keystone XL issue is going away.
Taking that away removes the keystone from the arch and it all comes tumbling down, revealing the last-last-generation graphics and laggy controls.
In the summer of 2011, when more than 1,000 people were arrested for chaining themselves to the White House during a sit-in protest against the Keystone XL, Bill was led away in handcuffs.
In the summer of 2011, when more than a thousand people were arrested for chaining themselves to the White House during a sit-in protest against the Keystone XL, Bill was led away in handcuffs.
Rep. Lynch likes to make it out that he's always supported a proper review of the pipeline, but in reality, he's supported a number of measures in Congress that would have rushed approval of the Keystone XL pipeline by stripping away President Obama's authority to make a final decision on the project.
