Do you mean who signed them or who approved them? There is a clearance process and it goes thru the WH, which has the final say. And something as controversial as the Keystone pipeline will be managed and directed from the WH. These are Presidential decisions, which is why the courts ruled that they are not subject to judicial review.
The court further found that even if the Tribes had standing, the issuance of the Presidential Permit was a presidential action, not an agency action subject to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
Again, I don't understand your point. John Kerry is going to make a recommendation to the WH, a recommendation that will be the product of an intra-agency review. But the WH, and only the WH, will decide the issue. The President can disregard the recommendation, if he so chooses. Of course, we know that the WH will have a major role in writing the State Department recommendation so that Obama has the cover he needs politically to make the call.
This is a political decision. There have been five different studies to string the process along. The State Department is the puppet and Obama is the puppeteer.
Dittos.