Obama faces Keystone dilemma after Senate urges pipeline approval

Guardian: Barack Obama faced intense pressure to break with his inauguration day promise on climate change on Thursday, after a bipartisan majority in the Senate urged approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. The letter from 53 senators said there was no reason for Obama to deny the pipeline – as campaigners are demanding – because the project had now undergone exhaustive environmental review. The letter, signed by Democrats as well as Republicans, underlined the high political cost to Obama of living up to...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/24/obama-keystone-dilemma-senate-approval
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