[lbo-talk] Obama to reject Keystone

[Chuck Grimes]

The Obama administration was examining how it could reject the pipeline 
without killing Keystone XL altogether, the Washington Post reported last 
week. Provisions to allow a new permit application were to be included in 
Wednesday's announcement, U.S. sources told media outlets

Read more: 
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/kill+Keystone+pipeline+route+possible+reports/6014216/story.html#ixzz1jpy1dcq0

The states effected are Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansus and 
Oklahoma.. In the states south of Montana the main source of fresh water are 
wells

So, poison the well water, you kill agriculture and make the population 
sick. I think Congress rushed through the bill before the EPA had a chance 
to do an environmental impact study---provided the EPA hasn't been stacked 
with coporate types...

My guess is that Obama will stop the current proposal and leave the door 
open for further proposals. This gets the issue off the table and 
effectively delays a decision down the road.

CG