Nenshi disappointed by United States rejection of Keystone XL pipeline

The controversial pipeline, which was supposed to pump oil from Alberta, Canada to the US Gulf Coast, had been languishing for years.

“The pipeline would not make a meaningful long-term contribution to our economy”, Obama told a press conference on Friday.

“America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change, and frankly, approving this project would have undercut that leadership”, Obama said.

The once-obscure Keystone project became a political symbol amid broader clashes over energy, climate change and the economy.

Obama explained that he was primarily concerned that the pipeline could contribute to global warming.

Disappointment runs through the responses from Louisiana politicians after President Barack Obama announced Friday he was rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline proposal.

Miles of unused pipe outside Gascoyne, North Dakota, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in October 2014.

“Shipping crude oil into our country would not increase America’s energy security”.

“This is a big win”, May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, said in a statement. “Our hope is much deeper than a decision from Washington but every little bit helps”, Reverend Kyle Chancellor, Resilient Nacogdoches member, says.

Read Saturday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details on rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline.

The president of TransCanada, Russ Girling, says, “Misplaced symbolism was chosen over merit and science”.

When that next legislative try happens hinges on several factors, said Heitkamp, adding that Congress should first gauge the new Canadian administration’s views on Keystone and TransCanada’s readiness to proceed to make sure they have legislative success.

For more than 40 years, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has been in effect and we have approved more than 25 cross-border infrastructure projects under this environmental law. But the Obama administration refused to put the review on hold.