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That pipeline was already built, in 2009, and only crosses into U.S. territory for a brief detour. It also comes nowhere near the aquifers that are so concerning with Keystone.Maybe that's why He approved the Alberta Clipper pipeline?Individual Congresscritters only have to worry about making a group of people happy. The president is entrusted to be the steward of our country as a whole.What would you say to the Democrat House and Senate members who voted in favor of the KXL bill?The indisputable fact remains that Republicans wasted time and taxpayer money on a Bill they knew in advance was going to be vetoed.
That's partisan politics, not working for the American people.
Take a look at that project and tell me how it differs in design, scope, and purpose from the Keystone XL. Obama is no steward, he's a misguided obstructionist.
Permit for Alberta Clipper Pipeline Issued
The Department found that the addition of crude oil pipeline capacity between Canada and the United States will advance a number of strategic interests of the United States. These included increasing the diversity of available supplies among the United States’ worldwide crude oil sources in a time of considerable political tension in other major oil producing countries and regions; shortening the transportation pathway for crude oil supplies; and increasing crude oil supplies from a major non-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries producer. Canada is a stable and reliable ally and trading partner of the United States, with which we have free trade agreements which augment the security of this energy supply.
Approval of the permit sends a positive economic signal, in a difficult economic period, about the future reliability and availability of a portion of United States’ energy imports, and in the immediate term, this shovel-ready project will provide construction jobs for workers in the United States.
Alberta Clipper - Honor The Earth