I admit, I am a tad skeptical
News Releases from Headquarters
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy To Travel To North Dakota To Discuss Energy Opportunities And The Environment
Release Date: 02/26/2014
Contact Information: press@epa.gov
WASHINGTON -- EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will travel to North Dakota on Thursday and Friday to meet with tribal groups as well as local and state officials to discuss energy opportunities and EPA’s ongoing work in the state and across the country to carry out President Obama’s Climate Action plan.
In addition to meeting with tribal groups, McCarthy will also join North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp for a tour of the North Dakota Gasification Company’s facility in Beulah and participate in a roundtable discussion with local elected officials and representatives from coal utilities. McCarthy and Heitkamp will also hold press availability to discuss energy opportunities and local efforts to cut carbon emissions that contribute to climate change. The trip is part of Administrator McCarthy’s continued outreach to local, state and tribal officials on the Agency’s work to protect people’s health and the environment.
WHO: Gina McCarthy, Administrator, U.S. EPA
Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. Senator, North Dakota
Jack Dalrymple, Governor, North Dakota (invited)
WHAT: Press Availability
WHEN: Friday, 2:15 p.m. MST, February 28, 2014
WHERE: North Dakota Gasification Company
420 County Road 26
Beulah, North Dakota 58523
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27/ea3de6b5ea7adc0085257c8b006e8e4f!OpenDocument
Feb 26 2014
Heitkamp Statement on Inspector General's Report Regarding Keystone XL Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today released the following statement regarding the State Department’s Inspector General clearing the State Department and Environmental Resources Management (ERM) from any conflict of interest in evaluating the Keystone XL pipeline.
Late last month, ERM and the State Department completed the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL pipeline.
“Today’s report shows proper measures were taken in vetting and selecting ERM to assist in preparing the required environmental evaluation for the Keystone XL pipeline," said Heitkamp. "In fact, in some cases, the Department actually made the selection process even more stringent for ERM than prescribed. This report finally puts this issue to bed. Another box has been checked in this long, exhaustive process, and the evidence again shows that we must continue toward final approval of the Keystone XL pipeline without delay. As I have said - and will continue to reiterate - this project is in our economic, national security, and energy interests. And it hurts us all when the delays on it continue."
Dalrymple urges Obama to approve Keystone pipeline
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/content/dalrymple-urges-obama-approve-keystone-pipeline
A Boston Globe reporter yesterday alarmed environmentalists with a preview of his interview with U.S. EPA chief Gina McCarthy that indicated she has an open attitude about the Keystone XL pipeline and hydraulic fracturing.
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059989966
Maybe I am just paranoid but the timing and all just makes me a tad suspicious as to the real motive for her going there.
Will check back on the EPA site later to see if they have the speech and added the Senator to my twitter.