Keystone XL conundrum after Obama veto
Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline are weighing their options following US president Barack Obama’s veto of legislation submitted to him by Congress, which would have cleared the way for the scheme to go ahead
Obama, who has expressed scepticism over the benefits of the project, said he would not support the legislation, because it would have bypassed an as-yet uncompleted review of the project by the US State Department. The review is likely to be concluded in the next few weeks. Environmental groups welcomed the decision, while leaders of the US Congress – where opposition Republicans in favour of Keystone XL command a majority – were scathing. The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, called the decision a “national embarrassment”. The veto triggers another hiatus in the six-year struggle to get the pipeline built. The project, being developed by TransCanada, would c

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