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Keystone Pipeline Rejected

Written by Greg Russell | Jan 21, 2012 5:48:46 PM

By now you know that the Administration has rejected the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline (see, e.g., NYT - "The State Department, which has authority over the project because it crosses an international border, said there was not enough time to draw a new route for the pipeline and assess the potential environmental harm to sensitive grasslands and aquifers along its path.").  Some of the commentary has been ... interesting.  See, e.g., this from the Washington Post's Robert Samuelson ("President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is an act of national insanity.").  Read the whole thing.