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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (47177)	2/1/2014 9:39:20 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86363

Carbon or jobs? How about less CO2 and more jobs? ft.com The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Nebraska has cleared a vital hurdle, as a US state department report said that production in the oil sands of Alberta could continue to grow even if the project was stopped, implying that approval was unlikely to have a significant impact on climate change. The department’s final supplemental environmental impact statement, the last in a series of reviews of the project dating back to 2008, concluded that greenhouse gas emissions could actually be higher if the US blocked the proposed pipeline, if oil companies used alternative transport routes such as rail.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (47177)	2/1/2014 9:49:36 AM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86363

Here are a couple of articles on Keystone. I've posted excerpts. I'd be willing to bet there will be no decision until after the election, and maybe not even then. This administration just wants it to go away, as deciding, one way or the other, is a no win scenario for them. Environmental assessments, what a farce... finance.yahoo.com ...The Departments of Defense, Commerce, Energy, Justice, Transportation and Homeland Security are also evaluating the State Department's environmental assessment of the Keystone proposal. Of the eight agencies that have 90 days to weigh in, the EPA's evaluation is expected to be the most influential because of its expertise on the environment. "The EPA has been very consistently critical. If the report does not make significant changes from the draft version released last March, the EPA would be in a position to be critical in its review," said Danielle Droitsch, Director of the Canada Project with the Natural Resources Defense Council, a green group... finance.yahoo.com ...the White House signaled late on Friday that a decision on an application by TransCanada Corp to build the $5.4 billion project would be made "only after careful consideration" of the report, along with comments from the public and other government agencies. "The Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement includes a range of estimates of the project's climate impacts, and that information will now need to be closely evaluated by Secretary (of State John) Kerry and other relevant agency heads in the weeks ahead," White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said... Edit: and WTF does the DOJ and "Homeland Security" have to do with building a pipeline?