House Bypasses Obama on Keystone Approval

[GoLeft TV]

Yesterday, the House passed a bill that would bypass the president to approve the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. The bill will take away the need for presidential approval for the pipeline, which would move tar sands oil, the most toxic fossil fuel on the planet, from Canada to the Gulf Coast to be refined and shipped overseas.

Democrats criticized the legislation as a scheme to allow TransCanada to avoid environmental review, and Republicans said the measured was needed to push through the project that has been on the table since 2008, according to The Huffington Post.

President Obama said earlier this week that he would veto the legislation mainly because it omits the need for presidential approval, thereby circumventing “longstanding and proven processes.” His veto, along with Democratic opposition in the Senate could mean the bill will not pass beyond the House, The Hill reports.

See the full story at Ring of Fire.

[AverageJoe90]

1. Here's hoping the Senate will make a difference. n/t