Hillary Clinton opposes construction of Keystone XL pipeline

“And unfortunately from my perspective, one that interferes with our ability to move forward with all the other issues – Therefore I oppose it”.

The Keystone XL pipeline project is a proposed 1,179-mile-long crude oil pipeline that would begin near the Canadian border and extend south to Steele City, Nebraska. She said the drug ads are “something that has bothered me for a long time”.

“I was in a unique position having been secretary of state, having started this process and not wanting to interfere with the ongoing decision making”, Clinton said. “I thought this would be decided by now and therefore I could say whether I agree or disagree”.

The State Department is still reviewing the pipeline application under Clinton’s successor, John Kerry.

She later told the Des Moines Register editorial board that she wasn’t expecting the Keystone question but “clearly, the time had come for me to answer the question”.

Greens cheered Clinton’s statement Tuesday, while Republicans pounced on it as an opportunity to show that she’s siding with left-wing extremists. The former secretary of state has credited the law with driving down the rate of uninsured Americans and chastised Republicans who have sought its repeal. We all know how that turned out in the end.

“HRC will soon be putting staff and resources on the ground in early states, starting with Iowa and New Hampshire, in order to begin organizing and mobilizing members, supporters, and pro-equality voters”, said JoDee Winterhof, the group’s senior vice president for policy and political affairs. “It’s September”, the aide said.

With a new poster child for prescription drug price gouging to swing at, Hillary Clinton unveiled a wide-ranging proposal on Tuesday designed to rein in the skyrocketing drug costs that are draining government budgets and the pocketbooks of many Americans.

Clinton alerted the White House that she would be coming out against the pipeline before she made the announcement, according to a Clinton aide, but the opposition could strain relations between the campaign and the administration. That’s why this pipeline has drawn such intense opposition from every part of American society, ranging from landowners along the route to scientists, farmers, tribal communities and major politicians.

“I am not going to second guess [President Obama]”, she replied. “Instead of embracing our neighbor to the north, this administration continues to snub Canada and turns a deaf ear to our other allies who have appealed to the U.S.to move more oil onto the global markets”, API President Jack Gerard said in a statement. But the most aggressive green groups won’t let her forget that initial comment.

Although Clinton’s position might give her a boost in the Democratic primaries, its effect on her longer term election prospects are less clear. They point out that some of the ideas have been rejected repeatedly by Congress over the last 20 years. Environmentalists largely oppose it, but influential labor leaders favor it in the expectation it would create construction jobs. “It’s been a good evolution, always in the right direction”, he said.

But opponents mounted a vigorous campaign to pressure Democratic politicians – especially Obama and Clinton – in the hope that blocking oil infrastructure might hasten a transition to a cleaner economy.