January 19, 2012

XL Rejection Just Political Theatre

Lorne Gunter, National Post


The Dominion

It would seem that Wednesday the Obama White House put a dagger through the heart of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. But did it? In a presidential election year, very little in American politics is exactly as it appears. . .

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