Keystone pipeline rejected over politics, say Republicans
Raising the stakes on a bitter election-year fight with Republicans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected a Canadian company's plan to build a US-spanning, 1700-mile pipeline to carry oil across six US states to Texas refineries. (Jan.
Obama says he rejected the Keystone pipeline because mandated deadlines would not allow proper a fair review, but Republicans are accusing him of putting politics ahead of sound policy. By BEN FELLER & MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press / January 18,
AFP (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) TORONTO, Canada — Prime Minister Stephen Harper has lashed out at American groups opposed to a pipeline that would allow oil from Alberta's tar sands to be shipped to Asian and US markets. Harper capped a week-long
The Keystone XL oil pipeline has become a major source of partisan wrangling. The project would stretch from Alberta, Canada, to refineries along the Gulf Coast of Texas, posing major environmental risks that made the
Obama administration to reject Keystone pipeline | Close sources say announcement imminent.
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