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| Obama: Keystone XL Should Not Be Approved If It Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| 2013-06-25 |
| President Barack Obama will ask the State Department not to approve the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline unless it can first determine that it will not lead to a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, a senior administration official told The Huffington Post. The policy pronouncement will come during the president's highly publicized speech on climate change at Georgetown University on Tuesday. It will add another chapter to what has been the most politically difficult energy-related issue confronting this White House. The president has avoided weighing in on the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline for several years now, citing an executive order asking the State Department to make a determination on the project's viability first. Environmentalists have called on him to spike the project entirely because of risks that it will contribute irrevocably to global warming and potentially contaminate drinking water if it leaks. Conservatives and even some labor groups have encouraged Obama to approve of the project because of its potential to create jobs. The new Obama policy somewhat splits the difference -- not killing the project outright, but ensuring that it meets a basic environmental standard. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #15 Obama group disavows former official's climate change talking points |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-06-25 22:22 |
| #14 Carbon Neutral ie how much can you contribute to my new re-branded reelection fund. Oh, that kind of green. Hi there NSA :) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-25 21:37 |
| #13 Simple, legislate it out of business, doesn't matter who produces it.(Unless I get MY cut) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-25 18:53 |
| #12 He who controls the price, controls the entire universe. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-06-25 17:54 |
| #11 Well if the pipeline isn't approved they will use boats and trucks to ship it... which will release more C02 than a stupid goddamn pipeline will. It isn't about CO2. It is about control over what we can buy. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-06-25 17:28 |
| #10 I've wondered what would happen if all the coal plants shut down in protest at the same time. I know it wont happen, but can you just imagine it? |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2013-06-25 16:34 |
| #9 Let's face it: none of us will be safe until we eliminate CO2, that dangerous poison, from our atmosphere. The plants will be totally pissed, of course, but what have they ever done for us? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-06-25 16:30 |
| #8 Obama is also trying to regulate the coal business out of business in the name of the left's god; climate change. He will use the machinery of government if he can't get legislation through Congress. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-25 16:19 |
| #7 WUWT response Obama on Keystone XL pipeline, ‘the fix is in’ |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-06-25 16:14 |
| #6 Let me guess, the props stir the ocean and help distribute all the heat. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-06-25 16:02 |
| #5 and it's better for the environment to ship it across half the globe |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-06-25 15:56 |
| #4 Yes Snowy exactly, that's how you get high mileage gasoline. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-25 15:55 |
| #3 I guess if we buy from Canada it incrases greenhouse gas emmisions, but if we buy from Saudi Arabia and China buys from Canada it doesn't? Yes. Exactly. You see, you too can learn to think like the enlightened elites! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-25 15:38 |
| #2 I guess if we buy from Canada it incrases greenhouse gas emmisions, but if we buy from Saudi Arabia and China buys from Canada it doesn't? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-06-25 14:57 |
| #1 "The new Obama policy somewhat splits the difference -- not killing the project outright, but ensuring that it meets a basic environmental standard." Almost. The policy is to not kill it directly because that would mean taking heat. Instead he wants to kill it with delays, hoops, etc. You know. Leadership stuff. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-06-25 14:43 |