[NorthMountain]

They want to build a pipeline across an INTERNATIONAL BORDER, and you’re surprised that the State Department is involved???

[IronJack]

And why exactly is the State Department concerned with CO2 emissions? Isn't that the job of the EPA? Or some other buttinsky, nanny-state, alphabet agency?

It isn't like it's a military or political treaty. It's a freakin' oil pipeline, a commercial arrangement between two business entities. Does the State Department get to regulate commerce any time the parties involved are from different countries?