Posted on 01/24/2013 9:30:49 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Barack Obama faced intense pressure to break with his inauguration day promise on climate change on Thursday, after a bipartisan majority in the Senate urged approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
The letter from 53 senators said there was no reason for Obama to deny the pipeline – as campaigners are demanding – because the project had now undergone exhaustive environmental review.
The letter, signed by Democrats as well as Republicans, underlined the high political cost to Obama of living up to his promise to act on climate change.
Campaign groups have made the pipeline their signature issue, saying the project to pump crude from Alberta's tar sands to refineries on the Texas Gulf will unlock vast stores of carbon. Protesters plan a day of civil disobedience on February 17.
But Senators are ratcheting up the pressure, demanding Obama move swiftly to approve a project they say will boost energy supplies and add jobs.
"Because the pipeline has gone through the most exhaustive environmental scrutiny of any pipeline in the history of this country, and you already determined that oil from Canada is in the national interest, there is no reason to deny or further delay this long-studied project," the Senators wrote. "We ask you not to move the goalposts as opponents of this project have pressed you to do."
Other Democrats in Congress are pressing Obama to back up his new commitments on climate change. But they are not making the Keystone XL the defining issue, as campaigners have done. Two Democrats who have led on environmental issues, senator Sheldon Whitehouse and congressman Henry Waxman, set up bicameral taskforce on climate change on Thursday. The letter asked Obama to "expand on your vision for tackling climate change" and offered suggestions – but these did not include blocking the pipeline.
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Warren Buffett’s oil transport $$$ via railroad trumps America’s independence from Middle Eastern oil? Apparently so, according to 0bama!
Greenbrier... a manufacturer of RR tank cars was up about 7% yesterday.
Nine RATS signed the letter. Some are facing problems getting re-elected in two years so they are voting their own self-interest, which is what RAT Senators do.
You hit the nail on the head. This is about protecting his buddies railroad.
From the Article: “...– because the project had now undergone exhaustive environmental review.”
Like it did not undergo “exhaustive environmental review” before?!?!?
Don’t p*ss up my leg and tell me it’s raining!
Urban and suburban know-nothing “greenists” may say they want fewer fossil fuels hurting the polar bears, but watch them complain about greedy energy companies and greedy food companies as prices for fuel and goods go up.
If I were to start my own country, Sowell’s “Basic Economics” would be required reading for everybody. It would be my big red book.
Urban and suburban know-nothing “greenists” may say they want fewer fossil fuels hurting the polar bears, but watch them complain about greedy energy companies and greedy food companies as prices for fuel and goods go up.
If I were to start my own country, Sowell’s “Basic Economics” would be required reading for everybody. It would be my big red book.
Urban and suburban know-nothing “greenists” may say they want fewer fossil fuels hurting the polar bears, but watch them complain about greedy energy companies and greedy food companies as prices for fuel and goods go up.
If I were to start my own country, Sowell’s “Basic Economics” would be required reading for everybody. It would be my big red book.
Forgive my reposts. Maybe it id time for FR to run ads to pay for some servers and some programmers?
I agree. The site haven been updated in 12 years. Time to change some things. Like attach streaming videos. Thumbs up to a great post. Just to name a few suggestions
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