Keystone XL oil pipeline given legislative backing by 44 US senators

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Keystone XL oil pipeline given legislative backing by 44 US senators
Planned pipe from Canada to US was postponed, but not vetoed, by Barack Obama on environmental grounds

Reuters
guardian.co.uk, Monday 30 January 2012 17.29 GMT

A group of 44 US senators, all Republican except one, have backed proposed legislation that would allow the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline despite the refusal of Barack Obama to advance the project.

Republican senator John Hoeven is set to introduce a bill on Monday that, if passed into law, would allow work to begin immediately on TransCanada's controversial $7bn (£4.5bn) project.

It is not yet clear how the bill will advance in the Senate, which the Democrats control with 51 of the 100 seats.

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is the lone Democrat supporting the bill, but other Democratic senators have supported the project in the past.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/30/44-senators-back-keystone-oil-pipeline

[TheWraith]

1. Actually it was neither postponed nor vetoed.

It was denied approval under the established system. This bill is to override the system.

[liberal N proud]

2. 44 oil grubbing Senators

[abelenkpe]

3. 44 senators hell bent on destroying the environment

Why don't they understand that if they pollute the land, air and water they and their families will still have to breathe the same polluted air, live on the same toxic land and drink for the same polluted water?

[atreides1]

4. You don't understand

They and their families can afford to live somewhere else because of the money that their investments will provide them...remember right now they all have the inside track on this life killing project!

Their only concern is to fill their pockets and if that comes as a result of poisoning the rest of us, then they're more then willing to do exactly that.

If you think that these 44 senators are going to be affected by the pollution that this pipeline will spew, then you obviously have not been paying attention!!!

[abelenkpe]

5. They're leaving the planet?

With Newt?