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February 27, 2014

Probe Finds No Conflict-of-Interest Violation in Keystone XL Report; Mass Civil Disobedience Planned 
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In environmental news, a probe by the State Department's inspector
general has found a contractor who analyzed the environmental impact of
the Keystone XL oil pipeline did not violate conflict-of-interest rules,
even though it previously performed work for the pipeline company, Trans
Canada. Environmentalists say the contractor, Environmental Resources
Management, failed to properly disclose industry ties before issuing a
report that downplayed the pipeline's harms. President Obama is expected
to issue a decision in the next few months on the pipeline, which would
carry tar sands oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Hundreds of
protesters plan to lock themselves to the White House gates on Sunday to
urge Obama to reject the pipeline, which they say would be a disaster
for the climate.

 

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