just in case flossy missed this one:
One year ago this week, President Obama announced that the Keystone XL pipeline would have to pass a "climate test" in order to be approved. Opponents of the pipeline cheered.
They cheered because the president had just made their chief argument against the pipeline the deciding factor. Yet the climate case against Keystone XL was always based on symbolism, not the facts.
It wasn't long before the consensus was overwhelming that Keystone XL passes the president's climate test -- and with flying colors.
Perhaps the New York Times put it best, reporting, "when it comes to the pipeline's true impact on global warming, energy and climate change experts -- including former Obama administration officials -- say Keystone's political symbolism vastly outweighs its policy substance … the carbon emissions produced by oil that would be moved in the Keystone pipeline would amount to less than 1 percent of United States greenhouse gas emissions, and an infinitesimal slice of the global total.?
The Times was right. Obama's State Department issued its Final Environmental Impact Statement in January, which found that Keystone XL would have a negligible effect on the environment.
The report concluded that Canadian oil sands would make it to market whether or not Keystone XL was built.
more obviousness
A year later, it's clear Keystone XL has passed Obama's 'climate test' | WashingtonExaminer.com
One year ago this week, President Obama announced that the Keystone XL pipeline would have to pass a "climate test" in order to be approved. Opponents of the pipeline cheered.
They cheered because the president had just made their chief argument against the pipeline the deciding factor. Yet the climate case against Keystone XL was always based on symbolism, not the facts.
It wasn't long before the consensus was overwhelming that Keystone XL passes the president's climate test -- and with flying colors.
Perhaps the New York Times put it best, reporting, "when it comes to the pipeline's true impact on global warming, energy and climate change experts -- including former Obama administration officials -- say Keystone's political symbolism vastly outweighs its policy substance … the carbon emissions produced by oil that would be moved in the Keystone pipeline would amount to less than 1 percent of United States greenhouse gas emissions, and an infinitesimal slice of the global total.?
The Times was right. Obama's State Department issued its Final Environmental Impact Statement in January, which found that Keystone XL would have a negligible effect on the environment.
The report concluded that Canadian oil sands would make it to market whether or not Keystone XL was built.
more obviousness
A year later, it's clear Keystone XL has passed Obama's 'climate test' | WashingtonExaminer.com