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Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill

An anonymous reader writes: As expected, President Obama has vetoed a bill that would have given the green light for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. "By saying no to the legislation, Mr. Obama retains the authority to make a final judgment on the pipeline on his own timeline. The White House has said the president would decide whether to allow the pipeline when all of the environmental and regulatory reviews are complete. ... Since 2011, the proposed Keystone pipeline, which would deliver up to 800,000 barrels daily of heavy petroleum from the oil sands of Alberta to ports and refineries on the Gulf Coast, has emerged as a broader symbol of the partisan political clash over energy, climate change and the economy."

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  1. Re:Best money Tom Steyer ever spent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I could possible be that he is a progressive, marxist, socialist with no real world experience and was a do nothing senator, and has nothing to do with the color of skin. But you go ahead and lap some cum fucktard...

  2. Re:Your point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fox News is a news channel with a history of saying things I don't want to hear, and was founded to be a "conservative" media outlet because of the demonstrably true fact that other media outlets are "liberal".

    Fixed that for you.

  3. Re:The Keystone Pipeline already exists by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oil Laundering...