Posted on 12/13/2011 5:27:32 AM PST by Libloather
Congress cannot accelerate Keystone decision: State Department
Reuters – 12 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department warned on Monday that a plan by congressional Republicans to fast track the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline decision would violate environmental laws and force it to withhold approval.
"Should Congress impose an arbitrary deadline for the permit decision ... the department would be unable to make a determination to issue a permit for this project," the State Department said in a statement.
**SNIP**
Environmentalists say the pipeline would threaten Nebraska's Sand Hills region and lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions, and had threatened to hold back on campaigning for Obama in the election.
The State Department is now obtaining additional information on possible alternate routes that avoid the Sand Hills in Nebraska, and believes this review could be completed in time for a decision to be made in first quarter 2013, it said.
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Who?
Congress giveth and Congress can take away.
Sorry, Hillary.
Time to get crackin'!
Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the State Department already approve the pipeline?
Canada has already pretty much decided to sell this oil to China. I believe the pipeline is a dead issue.
Where was the State Department while Obama was throwing away close to a Trillion Dollars on failed Green Energy Programs?
Who elected the State Department?
Exactly right! Who runs the Government? The People do, not a creations of politicians! In the America I grew up in ultimate authority rests in the PEOPLE. Even the state department takes a back seat to the people, they serve at the whim of our Republic.
Yes with 27 pages of conditions, one of which was the obummer signing off on the project.
Canada has warned that it will sell the oil to China. The issue is not dead.
The pipeline doesn’t violate ANY “environmental laws”!
In fact it’s undergone 3 environmental reviews and PASSED!
Congress isn’t “changing deadlines”, it is obliterating deadlines and approving the pipeline.
The State Dept. is full of crap (which violates environmental laws)!
Abolish the EPA.
I am tired of the FUNDAMENTALS, the BETS, the OOPS, the HAIRY eyebrows commentary!
Let's just campaign on how we can change the here in now and give solutions how to get things done for the benefit of the Country and not for election of the POTUS.
If a Candidate can demonstrate he/she knows how to solve this problem today, not next January - Let's Roll!
This is what happens when a communist traitor mole has succeeded in taking power.
They also said they couldn’t wait until an election occurred to decide the issue, potentially changing nothing if the Dems win the White House again.
Wait a minute....if this pipeline violates laws/Regulations.....then why did “O” ask for
“Obama directed the State Department last month to conduct an additional environmental review of the $7 billion pipeline.”
Why review it again, if it’s in violation of some regulation ?
I’m confused, could it just be “O” and the EPA playing games with jobs ?
Again: Who elected the State Department?
Keystone is not a dead issue yet, but the oil will be sold. It will either flow south or west to China.
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