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Obama Decides On Keystone XL

Posted on 2015/11/06 by LastTechAge

Obama announced at 11:00 Nov 6 in 2015 that the contentious Keystone XL program has been rejected. This is written minutes after President Obama publicly announced his administration’s rejection of the Keystone upgrade project. LastTechAge has been following this since … Continue reading →

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Reject Keystone XL. It is about US ecology, not global climate

Posted on 2013/03/06 by LastTechAge

The US State Department released its Keystone XL pipeline report.  Guess what?  It concluded that accepting or rejecting XL would have little affect on world climate. XL – pretty small stuff.  The State Department report is right as far as … Continue reading →

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Keystone XL is not about climate change, Joe Nocera

Posted on 2013/02/24 by LastTechAge

The argument against the XL pipeline is based on US interests, should not be about climate change. Joe Nocera published a column in the Feb 19 (2013) print edition of the New York Times. He explains why we must support the XL … Continue reading →

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Free Trade is Bad for U.S.

Posted on 2011/10/21 by LastTechAge

Last night, the magazine The Hill  posts current notes on items of immediate concern.   Today, sometime, Pres Obama is to sign the Free Trade bill and send more factories, more jobs overseas. This agreement is with S. Korea, Panama, and … Continue reading →

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Keystone XL – The Balance Sheet

Posted on 2011/10/19 by LastTechAge

The U.S. will soon make a decision on to allow the build of the “final” segments to the Keystone pipe line, or not.  This proposal is called Keystone XL by TransCanada Corporation. It is to replace parts and to build … Continue reading →

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Obama, Compromise and Drew Westen

Posted on 2011/08/07 by LastTechAge

Can Society improve by Obama’s contiuous compromises? The New York Times printed a stunning analysis of Pres Obama today, Sunday, August 7, in its Sunday Review.  The front page article is “What Happened to Obama” by Emory University’s Drew Westen. … Continue reading →

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Metal Resources, Asteroids and Obama

Posted on 2011/08/01 by LastTechAge

Pres Obama canceled the return to the Moon and manned exploration of Mars on April 16, 2010.  But, he did say we were going to go to the moon, Mars and the asteroids by 2025-2030. No, this is not a … Continue reading →

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Drain America First

Posted on 2011/06/24 by LastTechAge

Pres Obama decided to start depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).  This week he announce that he was going to drain 30 M bbl (1 bbl means 1 barrel or 150L ) oil we have stored for emergency use. This … Continue reading →

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