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Sanity -> RE: Obama will be blamed for rising fuel prices (4/22/2011 5:48:35 PM)
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Again, leftists have been battling against our ability to access cheap plentiful energy for decades, and the battle is continuing to this day.
EXAMPLE:
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Clinton Facing Heat on Oil Sands Pipeline
Battle lines have been hardening over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline over the last couple of weeks. The pipeline, which will stretch from Alberta in Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast, would nearly double the United States’ capacity to import oil made from Canadian oil sands. Canadian oil sands are a plentiful and secure source of oil, but the extraction process is high in carbon dioxide emissions and takes a toll on pristine Canadian forest ecosystems.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon have to decide whether to allow the pipeline construction to proceed next year, and the State Department is -– once again -– studying the potential environmental impact. Environmental groups and a host of government agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Department, had judged an earlier evaluation inadequate.
The heat is on Mrs. Clinton as she tries to balance competing demands. At an event in San Francisco last month, she implied that she was looking favorably on the proposal, although the department’s environmental analysis is continuing. This is what she said: “We’ve not yet signed off on it. But we are inclined to do so, and we are for several reasons -– going back to one of your original questions –- we’re either going to be dependent on dirty oil from the gulf or dirty oil from Canada. And until we can get our act together as a country and figure out that clean, renewable energy is in both our economic interests and the interests of our planet. I mean, I don’t think it will come as a surprise to anyone how deeply disappointed the president and I are about our inability to get the kind of legislation through the Senate that the United States was seeking.” Her remarks set off a new round of jockeying, with all sides wanting their opinions heard.
Last week, 11 Democratic Senators seemed to be urging a “no” vote based on climate considerations. In a letter to Mrs. Clinton, they noted that greater reliance on a type of oil known for generating high levels of greenhouse gas emissions would run counter to the Obama administration’s stated clean energy goals. “Approval of this pipeline will significantly increase our dependence on this oil for decades,” it said.
Full article at http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/clinton-facing-heat-on-oil-sands-pipeline/
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ORIGINAL: Edwynn
How dare Democrats take over the job of raising gas prices from; oil companies, futures contract speculators, Republicans.
I mean how DARE they!?
Boehner is outraged!
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