Before it dies in space. This is Al Jazeera America. Good evening, im michael each in new york. Efforts to build the keystone excel pipeline took a step forward today. The house approved the construction of the pipeline from canada to mexico. Its up in the air. Senator Mary Landrieu said that she can round up enough of her democratic colleagues to see passage of the bill tuesday of next week, but there is a question if the head count is really there. Now democratic leadership is allowing this vote to go forward to help lan drew out because she is logged in a tough fight down in louisiana, a run off to keep her senate seat. Both candidates hope to show vote necessary louisiana that they help to make keystone happen. Landrieu hopes to say that she stood up to president obama and tried to make it a reality. What is the latest from him s. S not keen on signing a Keystone Pipeline bill. In myanmar he took a moment to talk about keystone and pushed back that passing it would lower americans
Ukraine threaten to his return to opening warfare. In response the west threatens new sanctions against russia. The russians balk and flex their military muscle around the glo globe. Is eastwest stands off is getting worse. In ukraine, separatist rebels and Ukrainian Forces are fighting a new in the east of the country, already the Ukrainian Government claims more than 50 violations in one day of the ceasefire both sides find in september. The rebels are said to be readying for a new offensive with the help of russia. Nato accuses russia of reinforcing them with weapons, thanks, and troops, russia as always denies those accusations. The situation is escalating as World Leaders get ready to feet for the group of 20 summit in australia. President obama is calling on russia to respect the ceasefire in ukraine. British Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for more sanctions if russia doesnt back off. The german chancellor calls reports of weapons being delivered to rebels, quote, worryi
Ukraine threaten to his return to opening warfare. In response the west threatens new sanctions against russia. The russians balk and flex their military muscle around the globe globe. Is eastwest stands off is getting worse. In ukraine, separatist rebels and Ukrainian Forces are fighting a new in the east of the country, already the Ukrainian Government claims more than 50 violations in one day of the ceasefire both sides find in september. The rebels are said to be readying for a new offensive with the help of russia. Nato accuses russia of reinforcing them with weapons, thanks, and troops, russia as always denies those accusations. The situation is escalating as World Leaders get ready to feet for the group of 20 summit in australia. President obama is calling on russia to respect the ceasefire in ukraine. British Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for more sanctions if russia doesnt back off. The german chancellor calls reports of weapons being delivered to rebels, quote, worr
Going in a helicopter over this with the epa administrator right after it happened. Stunning. Now. The company has come in and, you know cleaned up most of what was there. We still cant fish. People along the river cant use their property their back yards. This is going to take tens of years to clean up. You can go to the other side of the state where we have in detroit mounds of whats called Petroleum Coke from tar sands that was sitting on the detroit river, now not only blowing into the river, blowing into the school neighborhoods, churches of the southwest side of detroit. Now, thanks to my colleague senator peters whos now with us and i was proud to join with him, that pet cokes not sitting there anymore, but it was pet coke from tar sands that blew into huge airreas of detroit. And now we have madam chair, a real concern in the straits of mackinaw going across our beautiful state from the upper to lower peninsula where we have a very old pipeline. And, again concerns about the fa
Called baker, montana. Its not just about canadian oil coming to the u. S. Its about north dakota and montana oil. Second, as i was traveling one day to a rural coop in glasgow, montana, there in my pickup, i show up in my jeans and my jacket, they told me that the Keystone Pipelines approved electric rates for their coop payers folk who is dont have a lot of money, thousands of montana families in eastern part of our state their rates will remain flat for the next ten years because of the Keystone Pipeline . Why is that . Because they will supply electricity to the pump stations in the pipeline. Accused on pipeline is is the Keystone Pipeline not approved the electric rates for those hardworking montana families will go up 40 in the next ten years. Its 80 million a year in tax revenues for the state of montana and for these Rural Counties that desperately need infrastructure to pay for roads, for bridges, for teachers, for schools. So this is not just about the good arguments already