OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Senate fails to override Keystone veto

by Laura Barron-Lopez and Timothy Cama - 03/04/15 5:59 PM ET

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: Republicans tried again to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline but fell short on Wednesday.

Keystone proponents fell five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed in a 62-37 vote on whether to override President Obama’s veto of legislation authorizing the project.

{mosads}Eight Democrats voted with Republicans to override Obama.

Despite the failed attempt, proponents vowed to continue the fight to approve the $8 billion oil sands project. Next up, supporters in the Senate will try to attach approval of the pipeline to a long-term transportation funding bill.

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ON TAP THURSDAY I: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Arctic issues and the nation’s upcoming chairmanship on the Arctic Council. Admiral Robert Papp, special representative to the Arctic for the State Department, will testify. Representatives from the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission, Maine Port Authority, and more will testify.

ON TAP THURSDAY II: The House Natural Resources Committee will host Interior Secretary Sally Jewell for a hearing on the Interior Department’s budget request for fiscal 2016.

Rest of Thursdays agenda…

The Center for Strategic and International Studies will hold a discussion on the role of information sharing to improve cybersecurity. The event will include talk about the Energy Department’s information sharing system for cybersecurity. Katherine Konieczny, an adviser at the Energy Department, will speak at the event.

The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies will host an event about the future of energy investments in East and South Asia.

AROUND THE WEB:

Saudi Arabian officials are pledging to supply as much oil as its customers want as demand slowly increases, Bloomberg Business reports.

California officials are ordering the shutdown of 12 oil and natural gas wells in the Central Valley in an effort to better protect groundwater, the Associated Press reports.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Netflix are teaming up to make a series of environmental documentaries to be hosted on the streaming service, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Check out Wednesday’s stories…

– Alaska senator launches Arctic caucus

– EPA overhauls household chemical label system

– Keystone veto override fails

– GOP chairman pushes nuke regulators on Yucca waste site

– Senate moves up Keystone veto override vote to Wednesday

– Senator introduces 3 bills to stop EPA regulations

– McConnell urges Dems to override Obama’s veto on Keystone pipeline

– McConnell to states: Don’t comply with EPA climate rule

– House Dem: Chemical agency ‘off the rails’

– Saudi Arabia vows to continue pumping oil for customers