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Obama administration delays Keystone pipeline process, extends review period
Laura Barron-Lopez at the Hill reports that sources say that the State Department will extend the review period for the Keystone XL pipeline, potentially pushing the decision back until after the midterm elections. Countdown to Sen. Mark Pryor grabbing the opportunity to put distance between himself and the president on this? Pryor recently joined ten other Senate Democrats in sending a letter to President Obama pushing him to approve the pipeline, asking for a decision by the end of May.
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Pryor joins other red-state Democrats pushing Obama to approve Keystone pipeline
Sen. Mark Pryor is one of a eleven Senate Democrats who sent a letter to President Obama pushing him to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, the Wall Street Journal reports. The senators want a decision by the end of May. Yet another spot where Pryor is trying to distance himself from Reid, Obama and various other Washington bogeymen.
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New from the Times: Muckraking the Mayflower Oil Spill
The Arkansas Times and the Pulitzer Prize-winning InsideClimate News are teaming to report on the Mayflower oil spill.
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Long-term health effects after the Mayflower oil spill
Lisa Song of InsideClimate News has a great piece today exploring the complicated question of the long-term health impacts of oil spills.