Keystone XL: What Did API Know and When?

[MindMover]

Source: PoO

Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, and Oil Change International have filed a FOIA request to the State Department to unearth insider communications with the Canadian government and oil industry in the weeks leading up to the release of its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

As the American public awaited the FEIS, Canadian government officials, American Petroleum Institute’s Jack Gerard, and TransCanada’s Russ Girling gave the impression that they had already been briefed on the contents of the report:

•Reuters, January 27: “‘It’s our expectation it will be released next week,’ [American Petroleum Institute’s] chief executive, Jack Gerard, said last week during an interview, citing sources within the administration.”

•Reuters, January 30: “Canadian officials said this month they expected the report to come out soon after Obama’s annual State of the Union speech, which took place Tuesday. And the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry’s top lobbying group, has predicted that the report could be released this week, citing administration sources.”


Read more: http://priceofoil.org/2014/02/04/keystone-xl-groups-foia-state-for-communication-with-big-oil/

[freshwest]

1. Sounds good and this is the perfect time to ferret this out. n/t

[blackspade]

2. They know what's in it because they wrote it...

[countmyvote4real]

3. Bingo! n/t

[mbperrin]

4. Yes.

[GoneFishin]

5. Like other deals with the 1%, this was a deal BO made behind closed doors in secret.

The relative silence of the oil companies in recent years is the proof. They did not need to expend many resources to plea their case because they were given a wink and a nod from the beginning.

[cprise]

6. K&R