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This tends to be newer content; see also Keystone XL node and Tar sands

sex for pipeline ok:<a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/05/28/energy-transfer-partners-pipeline-prostitute-landman-identified-stephen-titus-contract-land-staff">http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/05/28/energy-transfer-partners-pipeline-prostitute-landman-identified-stephen-titus-contract-land-staff</a>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Transfer_Partnersalec: Energy Transfer (natural gas transportation company), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations#cite_note-2011_Conference_Sponsors-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a> ($10,000 in 2010),<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations#cite_note-Sponsorship_Levels-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[25]</a> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations#cite_note-142" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[142]</a>"Chairman of the Board of <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=Enterprise_Products_Partners&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enterprise Products Partners (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Enterprise Products Partners</a> L.P. Dr. Cunningham was elected a Director of EPGP in February 2006, having previously served as a Director of EPGP from 1998 until March 2005. In addition to these duties, Dr. Cunningham served as Group Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of EPGP from December 2005 to August 2007 and Interim President and Interim CEO from June 2007 to August 2007. In August 2007, Dr. Cunningham was elected a Director of DEP GP and a Director, the President and CEO of <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=EPE_Holdings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EPE Holdings (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">EPE Holdings</a>. He served as Chairman and a Director of <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=TEPPCO_GP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TEPPCO GP (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">TEPPCO GP</a> from March 2005 until November 2005. Dr. Cunningham was elected a Group Vice Chairman of EPCO in December 2007, having previously served as a Director of <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=EPCO&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EPCO (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">EPCO</a> from 1987 to 1997. He serves as a Director of <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=Tetra_Technologies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetra Technologies (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Tetra Technologies</a>, Inc. (a publicly traded energy services and chemical company), LE GP, the general partner of <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=Energy_Transfer_Equity&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Energy Transfer Equity (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Energy Transfer Equity</a> (a publicly traded energy services partnership) and Agrium, Inc. (a Canadian publicly traded agricultural chemicals company). In addition, Dr. Cunningham serves as a Director and the Chairman of the Safety, Health and Responsibility Committee of <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=Cenovus_Energy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cenovus Energy (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Cenovus Energy</a> Inc. (a Canadian publicly traded oil company). Dr. Cunningham retired in 1997 from <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=CITGO_Petroleum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CITGO Petroleum (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">CITGO Petroleum</a> Corporation, where he served as President and CEO since 1995. He has more than 200 entries in SCI’s trophy record book. Among his many other accomplishments and hunting awards, he is Past-President of SCI, a Founding Member of SCIF Hunter Legacy 100 Club and has received the <a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=SCI&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SCI (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">SCI</a>’s World Hunting Award. He is a Past-President of the<a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php?title=Houston_Safari_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Houston Safari Club (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Houston Safari Club</a>. He is a Life Member of the Houston Safari Club and SCI."<a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php/Ralph_Cunningham#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php/Ralph_Cunningham#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php/Ralph_Cunningham#Affiliations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 Affiliations</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php/Ralph_Cunningham#Resources_and_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Resources and articles</a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php/Ralph_Cunningham#Related_Sourcewatch" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.1 Related Sourcewatch</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://216.92.66.74/index.php/Ralph_Cunningham#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.2 References</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; 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may 2012

<h1 class="title" style=" font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; letter-spacing: -1px; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Koch Brothers' Political Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake in Canadian Heavy Oils</h1>

<p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">... icn: These sources reveal that Koch Industries has touched virtually every aspect of the tar sands industry since the company established a toehold in Canada more than 50 years ago. It has been involved in mining bitumen, the hydrocarbon resin found in the oil sands; in pipeline systems to collect and transport Canadian crude; in exporting the heavy oils to the U.S.; in refining the sulfurous, low-grade feedstock; and in the subsequent distribution and sale of a variety of finished products, from jet fuel to asphalt. The company has also created or collaborated with other companies that have become leading players in the development of Alberta's oil resources, and it remains deeply invested in western Canada’s oil patch.

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<a href="http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120510/koch-industries-brothers-tar-sands-bitumen-heavy-oil-flint-pipelines-refinery-alberta-canada">http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120510/koch-industries-brothers-tar-sands-bitumen-heavy-oil-flint-pipelines-refinery-alberta-canada</a>

Environmentalists who spent a month analyzing public comments on the Keystone XL linked more than half the pro-pipeline comments they examined to people in the oil industry. As the U.S. State Department considers whether to approve the project, the activists want those remarks to carry less weight than those written by people without a vested interest in the outcome.

Out of a random sample of more than 1,000 comments in support of the Keystone, the environmentalists connected about 60 percent of the commenters' names to oil and pipeline company employees, investors, lobbyists, attorneys and others working for the industry—all of whom could potentially benefit from the construction of the pipeline, the activists said. If built, the pipeline would carry diluted bitumen from Canada's tar sands region to the Texas Gulf Coast.

"We don't want to accuse anyone of wrongdoing ... but to me this raises a red flag," said Terra Friedrichs, a volunteer at the environmental group <a href="http://350ma.org/" target="blank" style=" color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-decoration: none; outline: none;">350MA</a> who led the analysis. 350MA is a Massachusetts grassroots organization that advocates for sustainable energy. It often collaborates with, but is not affiliated with the national group <a href="http://350.org/" target="blank" style=" color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-decoration: none; outline: none;">350.org</a>.

<a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketBrowser;rpp=25;po=0;D=DOS-2014-0003" target="_blank" style=" color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Regulations.gov</a>, the website used to collect public comments, doesn't require people to disclose their names, nationalities, occupations or financial interests.

The State Department, which must decide whether the pipeline is in the national interest, said the comments page is open to all. "Throughout this process it's important that we hear the views of any member of the public that wishes to share their opinion or viewpoint," a department spokesperson said in an email.

The spokesperson added that all of the comments will be considered alongside other factors—"including energy security; environmental, cultural, and economic impacts [of the pipeline]; foreign policy; and compliance with federal regulations." The final decision on the Keystone will come from President Obama.

Friedrichs, who works as a socially responsible business consultant, agreed that everyone has a right to comment. But she said individuals on both sides of the debate should be required to disclose any financial interests in the project. A paid environmental lobbyist commenting in opposition should also have to explain his or her ties, she said.

350MA wants the State Department to conduct a thorough analysis of the comments before they're read, and to give more weight to remarks written by people who don't have a financial stake. "[We] ask that ALL of the comments be available for a six-month period of time so that research may be done into the identities of the commenters," Friedrichs said.

The agency received an estimated three million comments. Industry, union and environmental groups used mass emails and form letters to drive up their numbers. Both sides touted their final counts—one million in support of the pipeline, two million in opposition—as evidence of the public's backing or disapproval of the contentious project.

Regulations.gov has registered only about 125,000 comments. That's because some of the comments are still being processed, and also because petitions register as a single comment regardless of the number of signatures.

The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/03/12/in-comments-protesting-keystone-foreigners-play-a-key-role/" target="_blank" style=" color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Washington Post reported</a> last week that nearly half of the two million anti-pipeline comments came from outside the U.S. Most were collected and translated by the advocacy group Avaaz.

The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan organization that tracks money in politics,<a href="http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/03/12/influence-analytics-mary-cheneys-firm-organizes-pro-keystone-xl-blitz/" target="_blank" style=" color: rgb(0, 100, 0); text-decoration: none; outline: none;">found</a> that nearly 8 in 10 of the 125,000 registered comments were similarly worded pro-pipeline remarks submitted by people who listed BKM Strategies as the "originating organization." BKM is a consulting firm with ties to Dick Cheney's daughter Mary Cheney, who has an active role in political nonprofits that fund conservative causes.

koch $ vote yes 

Pat Roberts (R-KS)

Jim Inhofe (R-OK)

Jerry Moran (R-KS)

Roy Blunt (R-MO)

Tom Coburn (R-OK)

John Thune (R-SD)

Richard Burr (R-NC)

Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Marco Rubio (R-FL)

John Cornyn (R-TX)

Mark Kirk (R-IL)

John Barrasso (R-WY)

Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

Rob Portman (R-OH)

Roger Wicker (R-MS)

Dean Heller (R-NV)

Mark Pryor (D-AR)

Pat Toomey (R-PA)

Richard Shelby (R-AL)

Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

Ron Johnson (R-WI)

Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Rand Paul (R-KY)

Jeff Flake (R-AZ)

David Vitter (R-LA)

Max Baucus (D-MT)

Bob Corker (R-TN)

Dan Coats (R-IN)

Tim Scott (R-SC)

Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

John Hoeven (R-ND)

Mike Crapo (R-ID)

Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

Tom Carper (D-DE)

Mike Johanns (R-NE)

<span style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'proxima nova', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">The senators -- nine Democrats and nine Republicans -- asked Obama to approve the pipeline because it will create jobs and reduce the need for oil from the Middle East. They were led by <span style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'proxima nova', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat<span style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'proxima nova', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;"> and powerful chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican. Both senators represent the booming Bakken oil region.  plus

<span style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'proxima nova', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">The following Senators joined Baucus, Hoeven and Tester's <span style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(242, 228, 202); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.63376235961914px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.baucus.senate.gov/11162012Baucus_HoevenLetterCallingonPresidentforKeystoneMeeting.pdf" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(25, 75, 100); text-decoration: none;">letter</a>: Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), David Vitter (R-La.), Jim Webb (D-VA), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), Kay Hagan (D-N.C.), Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio).

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The film, "Keystone PipeLIES Exposed," highlights little known facts about the KXL pipeline project such as the corporate exemption for tar sands oil from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and the limits on taxes due for foreign oil imported to foreign trade zones like Port Arthur. The film also includes footage from major tar sands oil spills in the U.S. and Canada that were only briefly in the headlines despite the enormous damages they caused.

CMD's short film documents that, despite the claims of politicians and others backing KXL:

KXL will not directly create 100,000+ jobs but 3,900 short-term and 50 long-term.

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KXL will not produce billions in corporate tax revenues, due to tax loopholes most Americans have never heard of.

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KXL will not be safe from disastrous leaks, but it will be exempt from corporations paying into a key disaster insurance fund because it is "unconventional oil," which puts taxpayers on the hook for billions.

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KXL will not make America energy independent; and, in fact, most of the tar sands oil is planned for export from the Gulf of Mexico via tankers to foreign countries.

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KXL will not be climate neutral -- in spite of the claims made in an assessment prepared by an industry-linked group -- but it will speed climate change and global instability.

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