The Keystone Pipeline XL project has been
sitting in limbo for five years as President Obama has continued to defer
making a decision, and instead has issued continuing calls for repetitive
environmental impact statements which test the likely effects of the pipeline
on carbon emissions.
The U.S. State Department has already
declared that the pipeline would result in no “substantial change in global
greenhouse gas emissions.” North Dakota Senator John Hoeven
said “the White House and opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline project have
exhausted all arguments.” Now, As the State Dept. reviews the Presidential
Permit application, more than twenty attorneys general from across the nation
are joining forces to put pressure on Secretary of State John Kerry to
“recommend issuance of a permit” for the expansion of the Keystone Pipeline
project, which the AGs say will “bolster the nation’s economy, modernize the
country’s energy infrastructure, and strengthen our national security.”
The petition urges John Kerry “to recommend
approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project” for the following reasons:…ToRead More…..
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