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Obama Links Keystone Approval to Carbon Emissions
2013-06-26 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada to Texas should only be approved if it doesn't worsen carbon pollution. The $7 billion pipeline has become a contentious issue, with Republicans touting the jobs it would create and demanding its approval and environmentalists urging the Obama administration to reject it, because it would carry carbon-intensive oil from Canadian tar sands to the Texas Gulf Coast. "Allowing the Keystone pipeline to...
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