President Obama spoke in the oil town of Cushing, Oklahoma today, and has announced that his administration will expedite the permit for the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.
CNN reports that President Obama plans to "expedite the permit" for the Keystone XL pipeline's southern portion, which looks like a public play to appear responsive to higher gas prices even as it comes just a few months after Obama blocked the natural gas pipeline's original permit.
The U.S. State Department has recommended that the president reject a pipeline proposed from Canada to Texas, and the White House has agreed.
Cartoonist Lisa Benson gets sick of Obama's waiting game.
Setting aside a contentious political issue until after the 2012 election, the Obama Administration is postponing a decision on whether to allow an oil pipeline to run from Canada to the Gulf Coast.
The proposed pipeline would ship oil derived from Canadian tar sands all the way to the Gulf Coast, unless a opponents sway Obama to block it.
On the campaign trail and in the media, environmentalists are protesting President Obama's nearly-finalized plan allowing TransCanada to construct a $7 billion pipeline that cuts through the Midwest.
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