Finally, the Obama Administration has decided to nix the Keystone Pipeline, at least until their reign is over. My only question: "What took so long?"
As I detailed in Pipeline to Oblivion, last year, the project risked environmental disaster and would have reinforced our dependence on fossil fuels. To lead an International effort to combat global warming while proceeding with the Keystone Pipeline would have been the height of hypocrisy.
Of course, the Republican Presidential Candidates will use this decision to ridicule the current Administration, promising to renew the project once their nominee takes back the White House. Anyone who is concerned about global warming and supports a transition to clean, renewable energy should help to assure that climate change deniers do not govern this country.
