December 3, 2012

Pressure Grows on Obama to Decide Keystone

CER News Desk, Christian Science Monitor


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With the 2012 presidential election behind him, President Barack Obama is under increasing pressure to make an official call on the Keystone XL project once and for all, even as protests around the country opposing the pipeline increase in their fervor.

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