The article just illustrates the insane leftist mindset.
Not quite.
Besides wanting to wound, to cripple, to humble America, they left claims to be concerned about environmental damage from potential pipeline leaks and the actual use of the oil in the USofA.
To "Save The Environment" they prefer it be shipped by poorly maintained foreign supertankers across the Pacific and burned in a country that is exempt from Kyoto Protocols and has no functional pollution control measures.