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Keystone XL Pipeline saga: the dirty politics of ‘ethical oil’
In the end, the Keystone XL Pipeline project fell prey to politicking south of the border, and a poorly organized, overly-partisan approach here in Canada. The tipping point is clearly that in a tough re-election year, U.S. President Barack Obama chose politics over policy to throw some meat at the environmentalists within his base.
Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times
It’s the pipelines: Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, pictured in this file photo, started selling British Columbians last week on the benefits of a pipeline to deliver Canadian energy to Asia.
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Keystone XL Pipeline saga: the dirty politics of ‘ethical oil’
In the end, the Keystone XL Pipeline project fell prey to politicking south of the border, and a poorly organized, overly-partisan approach here in Canada. The tipping point is clearly that in a tough re-election year, U.S. President Barack Obama chose politics over policy to throw some meat at the environmentalists within his base.
Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times
It’s the pipelines: Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, pictured in this file photo, started selling British Columbians last week on the benefits of a pipeline to deliver Canadian energy to Asia.
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