Huffington Post: Large segments of the environmental movement declared a win on Jan. 18, 2012, the dawn of an election year in which partisan fervor reigned supreme.
On that day President Barack Obama kicked the can down the road for permitting TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline's northern half until after the then-forthcoming November 2012 presidential election.
"Northern half" is the key caveat: just two months later, on March 22, 2013 -- even deeper into the weeds of an election year -- President Obama issued...