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Citing Climate Change Obama Rejects Construction Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
2015-11-07 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama announced on Friday that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a symbol of the debate over his climate policies. Mr. Obamas denial of the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast, comes as he seeks to build an ambitious legacy on climate change. America is now a global leader...
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