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Pipeline delay gives boost to Obama's political base
2014-04-20 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The latest delay to a final decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline will reinforce a White House strategy to energize President Barack Obama's liberal-leaning base before fall elections in which Democrats risk losing control of the U.S. Senate. Environmentalists, worried about the project's effect on climate change, have put enormous pressure on the president to reject the pipeline from Canada's oil sands, staging demonstrations outside the White House and protests in states where he travels....
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