Obama Kills the Keystone Pipeline to Nowhere David Francis - Foreign Policy
go to original February 25, 2015

Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill (Wochit)

President Barack Obama has vetoed the transcontinental Keystone XL pipeline, a project that’s become more about politics than the limited energy benefits it would provide.

Republicans, long proponents of the project stretching from the tar sands patch in Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast, contend it would be a job creator. That claim is backed up by Obama’s own administration: A 2013 State Department study found it would employ 4,200 people during the construction phase but only 35 full time after completion. But despite State’s findings — that TransCanada’s long-delayed project would have minimal environmental impact and nine Democrats support it — the White House has steadfastly refused to back it.

“[B]ecause this act of Congress conflicts with established executive branch procedures and cuts short thorough consideration of issues that could bear on our national interest — including our security, safety, and environment — it has earned my veto,” Obama said in a veto statement released Tuesday afternoon.

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