Elizabeth Warren Comes Down Hard Against Keystone XL Pipeline While Hillary Clinton's Allies Push It

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http://www.alternet.org/environment/elizabeth-warren-comes-down-hard-against-global-warming-separates-herself-hillary

On Friday, December 20, Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren finally separated herself clearly from former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, regarding the issue of climate change and global warming.

TransCanada Corporation wants to build the Keystone XL Pipeline to carry oil from Alberta Canada's tar sands to two refineries owned by Koch Industries near the Texas Gulf Coast, for export to Europe. Hillary Clinton has helped to make that happen, while Elizabeth Warren has now taken the opposite side.

Secretary of State Clinton, whose friend and former staffer Paul Elliot is a lobbyist for TransCanada, had worked behind the scenes to ease the way for commercial exploitation of this, the world's highest-carbon-emitting oil, 53% of which is owned by America's Koch brothers. (Koch Industries owns 63% of the tar sands, and the Koch brothers own 86% of Koch Industries; Elaine Marshall, who is the widow of the son of the deceased Koch partner J. Howard Marshall, owns the remaining 14% of Koch Industries.)

David Goldwyn, who was former Secretary Clinton's Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, is yet another lobbyist for TransCanada. So, TransCanada has two of Hillary Clinton's friends working for it. Elliot and Goldwyn worked with Clinton's people to guide them on selecting a petroleum industry contractor (not an environmental firm or governmental agency) to prepare the required environmental impact statement for the proposed pipeline.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I'm beginning to wonder

Why the media is creating this horse race between these two strong and brilliant women. At one time they were both Republicans - they both shattered ceilings - they are to this Gen X woman - members of the Greatest (Boomer) Generation of American Women ever. Their hard work opened doors.

So why is the media denigrating their accomplishments by trying to gin up a cat fight?

And why aren't they doing it to two women who I could REALLY see behaving without dignity - say Sister Sarah Alaskastan and Dick Cheney's Minime?

[okaawhatever]

9. It's clear this is a hit piece. The Republicans benefit from this type of thing. Bashing Hillary

works when you compare her to Elizabeth Warren because Warren is much less likely to win the election. Of course what they're counting on is that most people won't figure that Warren doesn't have a lot of these former staffers and contacts because she hasn't been in Washington that long. Clinton on the other hand, was first lady for 8 years, Senator and Sec of State. Many in Washington will have at one time advised, donated to or knew her.

Total hit piece. any DUer should be ashamed posting it.

[think]

2. Elizabeth Warren: Lobbyist for the American people NOT corporations

[msanthrope]

3. Oh look..another article about the fake dichotomy between 2 strong Democratic women.

Cui bono?????

Not Democrats.....

[Scuba]

4. Energy policy: check.

[Enthusiast]

6. This comes as no surprise.

[Le Taz Hot]

7. K & R

It's nothing less than disgusting the way Hillary Clinton is shilling for the Koch brothers. There is NO WAY this woman should be anywhere near the White House.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Damn right.

This is one of the big reasons I oppose her candidacy.

[liberal_at_heart]

8. K&R