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In a move that many see as an effort by the White House to rouse support for the midterm elections, the Keystone Pipeline has been “indefinitely” delayed so that the effects of the pipeline can be further studied. This is not the first time the project has been delayed. The State Department says that its decision wasn’t influenced by politics, but come on.
The delay is a victory for the many people who oppose the pipeline, and should help Democrats this fall when ⅓ of Senate seats and all House seats are up for grabs. Republicans are knocking Obama’s opposition to the pipeline with their usual job creation argument. But do we really need the jobs at the cost of potential environmental damage? What do you think about the pipeline in general?
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Jobs versus environment. That seems to be the ongoing battle these days. I don't know why we don't just create jobs for the purpose of IMPROVING the environment, but I guess people would rather build than redeem. Anywho, I think anything that happens at this point won't have much of an effect. Seeing as most people probably don't even know what this is, it probably won't be a huge factor in midterms unless you're like...super into pipes or super against the earth. I don't even know.
Yeah it would definitely be nice to see more jobs created in the renewable energy sector, but people seem pretty dead set on squeezing every last drop of oil out of the earth.
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