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Latest News - September 2011

UPI: U.S. Chamber of Commerce ups lobbying for Keystone XL | Sep 29 2011

DETROIT, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said it has launched a lobbying effort in seven states for government approval of the $13 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline project.

MinnPost: Tar sands pipeline debate spills into Minnesota | Sep 29 2011

By Brad Allen

A controversial proposed pipeline that would carry up to a million barrels a day of tar sands oil from Canada would come no closer to Minnesota than central South Dakota on its 1,700-mile route to the Gulf of Mexico.

Detroit News: U.S. Chamber says Canadian pipeline could bring Michigan 3,000 jobs | Sep 29 2011

Michigan business organizations and a U.S. Chamber of Commerce group launched an effort Wednesday to persuade the Obama administration to approve the building of a Canadian oil pipeline into the United States that they said would create more fuel supplies and jobs.

Minnesota Public Radio: Group to campaign for controversial oil pipeline | Sep 28 2011

St. Paul, Minn. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is ramping up a partnership to support the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry crude from Canada's oil sands to Texas refineries.

Billings Examiner: Partnership to Fuel America links local business to energy industry need | Sep 27 2011

Emilie Boyles, Billings Economy Examiner

This week the national spotlight is on eastern Montana and the Keystone Pipeline.  Locally, business have aligned themselves with an organization called Partnership to Fuel America.

Washington Times: War on energy at home creates disasters abroad | Sep 25 2011

By Sol Sanders - Special to The Washington Times

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

President Obama’s war on fossil fuels is adding to instability in a world already racked by international debt, demographic pressures and unpredictable, galloping technological advances.

Calgary Herald: Perfect timing for frank discussion on economy | Sep 22 2011

By Deborah Yedlin, Calgary Herald

The timing of this year's Global Business Forum, which gets underway today in Banff, couldn't be better.

It comes as economists, politicians and the public are wrestling with troubling issues around the globe.

Oilweek Magazine: Hollywood actors protesting oilsands trying to rebuild careers: chamber official | Sep 21 2011

CALGARY - A U.S. Chamber of Commerce official says Hollywood actors taking part in protests against Alberta´s oilsands and a controversial pipeline are trying to rebuild their careers.

660News: Oilsands pipeline part of U.S. security solution | Sep 21 2011

Kevin Usselman

The President and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy says she can't see how President Barack Obama cannot approve the Keystone XL pipeline project.

Power Engineering: Nuclear waste site funding supported by 26 organizations | Sep 15 2011

A Sept. 15 letter to the U.S. Senate from 26 organizations said a license review for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository should be funded for fiscal year 2012.

E&E News: NUCLEAR WASTE: Confusion reigns in wake of deadlocked NRC's Yucca vote | Sep 9 2011

Hannah Northey, E&E reporter
Published: Friday, September 9, 2011

The Hill: Nuke regulators bring Yucca Mountain waste plan closer to death | Sep 9 2011

By Ben Geman - 09/09/11 03:14 PM ET

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acted Friday to end review of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, handing a victory to the Obama administration in its ongoing effort to kill the project.

Mobile Press-Register: Mobile Chamber of Commerce gets gloomy report in Washington | Sep 8 2011

Published: Thursday, September 08, 2011, 9:49 AM
By George Altman, Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce met with like-minded officials in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, but they heard little good news.

Calgary Herald: U.S. chamber backs Keystone expansion | Sep 7 2011

Obama urged to OK project to create jobs

By Rebecca Penty, Calgary Herald;
With files from Postmedia News
September 7, 2011