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I’m Very Suspicious Of Today’s Keystone XL Pipeline News

November 10, 2011 at 4:11 PM Leave a comment

President Obama just issued this statement regarding his impending decision as to whether to allow the Keystone XL Pipeline to go through:

I support the State Department’s announcement today regarding the need to seek additional information about the Keystone XL Pipeline proposal.  Because this permit decision could affect the health and safety of the American people as well as the environment, and because a number of concerns have been raised through a public process, we should take the time to ensure that all questions are properly addressed and all the potential impacts are properly understood.  The final decision should be guided by an open, transparent process that is informed by the best available science and the voices of the American people.  At the same time, my administration will build on the unprecedented progress we’ve made towards strengthening our nation’s energy security, from responsibly expanding domestic oil and gas production to nearly doubling the fuel efficiency of our cars and trucks, to continued progress in the development of a clean energy economy.

Obama implies that this was the State Department’s idea, as if he had nothing to do with it, which I don’t believe.

Additionally, the global warming and environmental community is overjoyed, claiming victory as a result of their very impressive work opposing the pipeline.  The thinking is that this effectively delays Obama’s decision until after the 2012 election.  If that is true, I say this is purely a sly political move.  Obama doesn’t want to alienate environmentalists prior to the election (i.e., they won the battle but not the war) and I predict, sorry to say, if he is re-elected, Obama will approve the pipeline in his second term.

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