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To the Point

Keystone Bill Fails in the Senate

To the Point

KCRW

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4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2014

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Keystone XL Pipeline failed by one vote last night in the Senate, but there’s no doubt it’s alive to fight another day. Transporting Canadian tar sands oil to the Gulf of Mexico is a major issue in fight over climate change. But, so much has changed during delay over US approval, that the Keystone battle may be more symbolic than real.

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0:04.0

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0:35.0

To the Point.

0:40.9

Keystone XL, the pipeline that won't go away.

0:47.9

Hello again, I'm Aranalny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

0:50.2

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

0:56.5

The Keystone XL pipeline would help move tar sands oil from Canada to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico.

1:01.5

Despite last night's close loss in the Senate, there's widespread public support,

1:04.5

and Republicans promised to bring it up again as soon as they can.

1:10.3

It's been years since environmentalists first made it a powerful symbol of their war against climate change,

1:11.8

but does it still matter?

1:19.5

We'll look at the impact on the ground and the changing economics of oil and gas in both Canada and the United States.

1:24.5

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1:26.0

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