<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div>C R A N K IT U P ! ! !</div><div><br></div><div>"Wild Idaho Rising Tide"</div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Wild_Idaho_Rising_Tide.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Wild_Idaho_Rising_Tide.mp3</a></div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/transcanada-requests-suspension-of-u-s-permit-for-keystone-xl-pipeline-1446507279">http://www.wsj.com/articles/transcanada-requests-suspension-of-u-s-permit-for-keystone-xl-pipeline-1446507279</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="wsj-article-headline" itemprop="headline" style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 40px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'Chronicle Display', serif; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-position: 0px 0px;">TransCanada Requests Suspension of U.S. Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline</h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 28px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline on Monday asked the U.S. government to suspend its permit application, throwing the politically fraught project into an indefinite state of limbo, beyond the 2016 U.S. elections.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 28px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Calgary, Alberta-based <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/TRP" class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;">TransCanada</a><span class="company-name-type" style="margin: 0px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-position: 0px 0px;"> Corp.</span><a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/TRP" class="chiclet-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;"></a> sent a letter to the State Department, which reviews cross-border pipelines, to suspend its application while the company goes through <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/company-behind-keystone-xl-pipeline-to-revamp-strategy-in-nebraska-1443558276" target="_self" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: 30px; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">a state review process in Nebraska it had previously resisted</a>. The move comes in the face of an expected rejection by the Obama administration and low oil prices that are sapping business interests in Canada’s oil reserves.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 28px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“In order to allow time for certainty regarding the Nebraska route, TransCanada requests that the State Department pause in its review of the Presidential Permit application for Keystone XL,” the company said in the suspension request reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “This will allow a decision on the Permit to be made later based on certainty with respect to the route of the pipeline.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 28px; background-position: 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The announcement marks a turning point for the company’s effort to get the pipeline approved. Its executives have repeatedly said over the years they wouldn’t back down from seeking a permit in the face of political or economic uncertainty. Low oil prices have called into question to <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/energy-pipeline-boom-ebbs-1441791001" target="_self" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: 30px; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">what extent oil companies would need the pipeline</a> and <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-vetoes-keystone-xl-pipeline-bill-1424810378" target="_self" class="icon none" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-size: 30px; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">President </a><a href="http://topics.wsj.com/person/O/Barack-Obama/4328" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; background-position: 0px 0px;">Barack Obama</a> has repeatedly said he doubted the pipeline would benefit the U.S.</span></p></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><p align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><font size="3" face="Arial">"This is the 'Mouse that Roared,' 'David and Goliath' and 'Avatar' all rolled into one. We must remember that the thousands of citizens involved in this effort to protect their personal and family safety, their businesses and their lifestyles are confronting some of the largest international corporations in the world."</font></i></p><p align="center" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font size="3" face="Arial"><i>~ Linwood Laughy ~</i></font></p></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></body></html>