Former White House Officials Back Keystone

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While President Obama has been publicly vague about his views on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, several former White House officials are now pushing for the project’s approval, going well beyond the administration’s official stance.

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But on Wednesday, former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar became the latest White House alumnus to say he supports the pipeline, which would begin in Canada’s oil sands and extend to the Gulf of Texas. It’s become a hot political topic for environmentalist opponents and business-minded supporters.

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And Monday, former Energy Secretary Steven Chu appeared to counter the administration’s assertion that the Keystone decision, which is in Secretary of State John Kerry’s hands, is happening in a political vacuum.

“I don’t have a position on whether the Keystone pipeline should be built,” Chu said, per the Oil & Gas Journal, deferring to the president and Kerry. “But I will say that the decision on whether the construction should happen was a political one and not a scientific one.”

Chu later added that there was a scientific dimension to the pipeline calculus – a recently-released study on its long-term environmental impact – but that “that was the only scientific part of the decision.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/02/former-white-house-officials-back-keystone/


Oh, please abc. Stop the transparent cat and mouse. Obama's position on Keystone was clear from the jump, despite the charade of a rigorous process. Hillary's, too, for that matter. And it hadn't been clear for like forever, it's sure clear now. And ps, your headline is wrong. Not only did Chu not back the pipeline, he labeled it a political determination.

Fuck Salazar

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