Grist: Big news from President Obama`s climate speech: He says he won`t approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline if it will "significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
It`s hard to know exactly what he means by that, but it`s a surprise that he mentioned Keystone at all. Pundits expected he would keep silent on the issue.
Here`s what he said:
I know theres been ... a lot of controversy surrounding the proposed Keystone pipeline that would carry oil from Canadian tar sands...