Keystone XL Pipeline Veto
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Canada and the U.S. remain each other's top trading partner, with $2 billion in goods and services swapped each day; there's military co-operation in the Middle East; federal departments deal directly with one another on scores of different initiatives; the governments are working on harmonizing industrial regulations across a range of sectors; and the historic reopening of U.S. relations with Cuba began in Canada, a fact Obama acknowledged and expressed gratitude for...
...He doesn't believe that more aggressive action on climate-change in Canada would have made a difference on the Keystone file, which he says has been dictated by political considerations in the U.S...
It's going to happen eventually. Obama just doesn't want the pipeline to be part of his legacy.
Clinton seems to favour the pipeline, but hasn't made a statement regarding the veto.
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The reason for vetoing it is stupid, it doesn't pose any significant risk to the environment compared to moving it down to the Gulf in tanker trucks or offshore drilling. If they were to bring up the issues with imminent domain it would be a more compelling argument but of course this administration will never argue against government power.
Meanwhile in WV a train exploded 2 weeks ago almost killing dozens.
http://wvmetronews.com/2015/02/16/oil-t ... wha-river/
His reason for the veto was given 4 Pinocchios.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fac ... inocchios/
The bill was given bipartisan support and yet he still vetoes it.
Just another act of big government brought on by environmental hippies.
Obama is the very definition of delusional.
The pipe line is the safest way to move oil from one place to another. They want to pretend to look like they are environment when they are putting the environment in more danger as they would move the crude in less safe ways such as trucks and rai;.
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