"Clinton Emails Raise Red Flags for Keystone Review, Greens Say"

"Major environmental organizations are sounding the alarm over revelations that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account to conduct official business during her tenure as secretary of State, pointing to disputes about her review of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Green groups Friends of the Earth and 350.org warn that the private correspondence could have been used to cover up a conflict of interest during Clinton's review of the controversial pipeline. And Clinton's penchant for private email, first reported by The New York Times on Monday, is all but guaranteed to deepen distrust between the likely 2016 Democratic front-runner and her presumed allies in the environmental movement.

'This is deeply concerning,' said Ben Schreiber, the climate and energy program director for Friends of the Earth. 'The total lack of transparency is a real red flag for us and adds to other concerns that we have about Clinton's ties to the oil industry.'"

Clare Foran reports for the National Journal March 3, 2015.

Source: National Journal, 03/04/2015