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Pressure mounts on Obama to decide Keystone XL's fate
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Battle lines are drawn and both sides claim Barack Obama's long-deferred decision on a massive pipeline project that would funnel Alberta's oil sands crude to U.S. refineries will show whether the President will pick energy security or bold action on climate change as his second-term legacy. The Harper government and the oil industry on both sides of the border champion the project, claiming it will create thousands of jobs and wean the United States off uncertain Middle Eastern oil. Environmentalists...
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