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October 4, 2011

Emails Reveal Cozy Relationship Between Pipeline Lobbyist, State Department 
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As the Obama administrations prepares to decide the fate of the proposed
Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to bring crude from Canada's oil sands to
refineries in Texas, newly released emails reveal a cozy relationship
between the company's lobbyist and the U.S State Department. The emails
— obtained by Friends of the Earth — show the chief lobbyist for
Trans Canada, Paul Elliot, set up multiple meetings and had influence on
officials at the State Department. Elliot has close ties to the State
Department and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Before taking a job
at Trans Canada, he served as Clinton's deputy campaign manager in 2008.
Friends of the Earth said the documents are "deeply disturbing" and
indicate a, "pro-pipeline bias and complicity at the State Department."



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