Obama Seeks To Delay Keystone Pipeline To Death

Tom SteyerDoes the president always invent some new excuse for putting off approval of the pipeline? His latest delay means it’s been in regulatory purgatory for four years and counting. Hey, no sense in rushing things.

Here is what President Obama said on Good Friday when he announced that he was delaying a decision until after the election:

“Allowing the Keystone pipeline to be built requires a finding that doing so would be in our nation’s interest. And our national interest will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution.”

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