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Obama faces Keystone dilemma after Senate urges pipeline approval
2013-01-24 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama faced intense pressure to break with his inauguration day promise on climate change on Thursday, after a bipartisan majority in the Senate urged approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. The letter from 53 senators said there was no reason for Obama to deny the pipeline as campaigners are demanding because the project had now undergone exhaustive environmental review. The letter, signed by Democrats as well as Republicans, underlined the high political cost to Obama of living up...
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