https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Secrets-of-the-Keystone-XL-pipeline https://internationalviewpoint.org/Secrets-of-the-Keystone-XL-pipeline 2011-09-19T08:34:20Z text/html en Alexander Cockburn United States (USA) Ecology and the Environment <p>The protesters outside the White House have furled their banners and headed home. Now the Obama administration will decide whether to issue a presidential permit for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline extension – a $7 billion project to bring heavy, “sour” crude oil extracted from tar sands in Alberta, Canada, down through Montana and the Plains states to refineries on the Gulf Coast, notably in Port Arthur, Texas.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV440-September-2011-" rel="directory">IV440 - September 2011</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-United-States-USA-+" rel="tag">United States (USA)</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Ecology-and-the-Environment-+" rel="tag">Ecology and the Environment</a>