Environment News Service updates information on the Keystone
XL Pipeline. The State Department issued March 1st that if the US
doesn’t take the tar sands someone else will and the carbon will be produced
regardless. Many environmental spokesmen don’t believe that to be true since
the carbon emissions exceed the amount the US has to pay for our “carbon
budget”. Obama will be the deciding factor regardless of the state’s decision.
“This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the
arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from
gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the
American people,” “I’m disappointed that Republicans in Congress forced this
decision, but it does not change my administration’s commitment to
American-made energy that creates jobs and reduces our dependence on oil.”
It’s refreshing to hear Obama restate what his
administration stands for. I would hope that he would remember the values of
what he stood for, which got him elected. I understand that people are getting
tired of hearing about this issue, but I feel that this decision is going to
change the course of American history and needs to be addressed until the day
it is denied or accepted by Congress, which is supposedly Memorial Day weekend
so everybody needs to stay informed on any new information that could emerge.
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