"India has fueled the democratization of diamonds," said Rob Bates, senior editor for Jewelers' Circular Keystone, a jewelry industry magazine.
Hours before a Senate vote to force US approval of the Keystone pipeline, the industry playbook to squash opposition to the alternative has been exposed in documents made available to the Guardian.
Despite all the bluster and spin you're hearing from the fossil fuel industry, Keystone XL likely won't be the determining factor in a single congressional race this year.
"Now, it's developers like Opus East, the Rockefeller Group, Prologis, Cabot Industries and Keystone Property Trust.
The development of an all-Canada alternative to the Keystone XL reflects growing industry frustration with the repeated delays of the US project.
This is the keystone of the drone industry, both commercially and recreationally.
Supporters in Congress and the energy industry say Keystone would improve U.S. energy security and create thousands of construction jobs.
Experts throughout the Administration will have a chance to review the mounting evidence that a tar sands industry with Keystone XL will be larger and more carbon intensive than one without it and reach their own conclusions.
Experts, industry leaders, and economists have known that the Keystone XL pipeline is the industry's best hope to expand tar sands production and profits.
Congresspersons cannot continue to hide behind the fallacy of job creation when defending the fossil fuel industry (see the Keystone XL pipeline).
The top agricultural industry in the Keystone State is dairy farming, and major cash crops include corn, vegetables, mushrooms and fruit, especially grapes and apples.
