Keystone’s Paper Anniversary
One year after gaining presidential approval, the Gulf Coast Project demonstrates the economic potential of a full Keystone XL line Economic growth and job creation are well underway in Oklahoma and...
View ArticleTop 5 Things You Should Know About Transporting Oil Sands Crude
On March 29, an oil pipeline running through Mayflower, Arkansas experienced a leak that resulted in the evacuation of 22 homes and immediate clean up efforts from the pipeline’s operator, ExxonMobil....
View ArticleArkansas Isn’t Michigan
How oil sands opponents are skipping the facts on pipeline safety to win political points in the Keystone XL debate Shortly after Friday’s incident on the Pegasus line in Mayflower, Arkansas, pipeline...
View ArticleKeystone XL Opponents Are Right: Public Overwhelmingly Supports Keystone XL
Perhaps for the first time, Oil Sands Fact Check may actually agree with opponents of Keystone XL. Bill Burton of the League of Conservation Voters acknowledged this fact: Despite his group’s best...
View ArticleNebraska’s Big Dance
The Keystone XL debate returns to Nebraska with more project supporters and fewer substantive points to deny it. Top line points: - Recent federal and state environmental impact reviews of the...
View ArticleNEW VIDEO: A Boon to the U.S. Economy: A Message to the President
*View the video HERE This morning, as the U.S. State Department commences its hearing in Nebraska on the Keystone XL pipeline, Oil Sands Fact Check released a new video, titled, “A Boon to the U.S....
View ArticleEPA Keystone XL Comments: Lots of Hype, Nothing New
Opponents of Keystone XL seized on the Environmental Protection Agency’s public comments on the Department of State’s draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS), but the fact is EPA’s...
View ArticleSix KXL Facts NBC Missed
Last Friday, NBC Nightly News aired a segment on the Keystone XL pipeline in light of TransCanada’s announcement that the project timeline will be further delayed. NBC did its due diligence by making a...
View ArticleNEW VIDEO: Facing the White House, Labor and Union Groups Urge Obama to...
“Life is defined by significant events, significant people and significant organizations. And brothers and sisters, today is just that – a group of significant people that have banded together, that...
View Article“With A Stroke of His Pen” – President Lincoln Transcontinental Railroad...
If you’ve been following the recent Keystone XL coverage inside the beltway, you probably couldn’t help but notice the latest sensationalist arguments being peddled by Keystone XL opponents and propped...
View ArticleCongressional Action on Keystone XL Shows Momentum Continues to Grow
After the House last week overwhelmingly approved legislation supporting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline with a strong bipartisan vote, a Washington Post article asked the question, “Is...
View ArticleOpponents’ Latest Opportunism
A few weeks ago, OSFC noted that Keystone XL opponents – faced with overwhelming support for Keystone XL from Democrats and Republicans in Congress and the American public – have been desperately...
View ArticleKeystone XL Opponents’ Political Campaign: Full of Aggression, Devoid of Facts
- Without the facts on their side, Keystone XL opponents are resorting to intense, aggressive political pressure campaigns. - Meanwhile the facts are clear: Keystone XL is environmentally sound and a...
View ArticleCanada: “We will get the Oil Out”
Anti-Keystone activists seized on a report released this week by Goldman Sachs and immediately began pushing headlines proclaiming that Canadian oil sands would face roadblocks if Keystone XL isn’t...
View ArticleICYMI: WATCH: API’s Schild Discusses Administration’s Latest Moves on Climate...
WATCH: API’s Schild Discusses Administration’s Latest Moves on Climate and Pipeline Watch Video Here (Subscription Required) Ahead of President Obama’s rollout of his administration’s new climate plan,...
View ArticleOSFC Rapid Response on Obama’s Keystone Announcement
OSFC Rapid Response on Obama’s Keystone XL Announcement Not To Approve Keystone XL Unless Determined First It Will Not Lead to net Increase of GHG Emissions Update (3:49 P.M., ET, 6/25/2013): As...
View ArticleNational Academy of Science Report A “Boon for Backers of the Keystone XL...
National Academy of Science Report Finds Oil Sands Crude No More Likely to Spill than Any Other Type of Oil Report A “Boon for Backers of the Keystone XL Pipeline” Yesterday, on a busy news day...
View ArticleKeystone XL Opponents Repackage Debunked Arguments in Effort to Further Stall...
Keystone XL opponents are at it again; they’re recycling tired, debunked material in an effort to further delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. In their latest stunt, just a day before...
View ArticleHappy Canada Day!
Here at Oil Sands Fact Check, we’d like to wish Canada a very happy Canada Day! On the birthday of our neighbor and ally, it’s important to highlight the crucial relationship between our two nations –...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It…New Editorials Support Keystone XL
As you get ready for the Fourth of July holiday, you may have missed several new editorials supporting the Keystone XL pipeline. Over the past few weeks, editorial boards from Chicago to Billings,...
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