Mongabay: The Obama administration today announced it is scrapping TransCanada's Keystone pipeline after Republicans forced a 60-day deadline on the issue in a Congressional rider. The State Department advised against the pipeline arguing that the deadline did not give the department enough time to determine if the pipeline "served the national interest." The cancellation of the pipeline is a victory for environmental and social activists who fought the project for months, but Republicans are blasting the......
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Obama rejects Keystone pipeline, but leaves door open for tar sands
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 18th, 2012
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