Beyond human and environmental health & safety, the Keystone Pipeline project introduces questions of American sovereignty. I understand that Oil industry proponents of this project have highlighted the fact that PM Harper had threatened to sell Canada's crude to China if the Keystone project was not approved. I know Harper is not stoopid. But if China will allow a crude and refined oil pipeline to divide The Republic in two the Texas oil lobby is seriously underestimating President Hu Jintao and the people of China's collective intelligences. If we have learned anything about China, we understand that the Koch Brothers' urgency does not constitute China's emergency.

 

And if Harper ever suggested he would punish America's sobriety in the Keystone project cacamayme idea by selling Canadian crude to another nation, I say have at it. I am comforted Canadians will have something to say about that. More than likely, if Harper sells Canadian to any sober government, it will not involve a pipeline across that nation. And if it doesn't, sheer economics will make it unfeasible.

 

Haruna. Harper is not that crazy.

 

The State Department just rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline after congressional Republicans put it on an irresponsible and arbitrary timeline.

Our opponents are fighting hard against this decision to put our safety and sound science first.

The Obama administration did the right thing by refusing to green-light a project before experts could determine the consequences. After all, there was a lot at stake: the proposed 1,700-mile pipeline would have run over one of the Midwest's largest source of fresh drinking water.

The appropriate scientific and public-safety review was under way, but Republicans in Congress thought scoring political points was more important.

This decision doesn't change the President's determination to take real steps to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by investing in clean energy and get Americans back to work:

• We're already importing 1.1 million fewer barrels of oil every single day,
• Getting 70 percent more power from wind and solar, and
• We've supported more than 224,000 clean-energy jobs.

Energy efficiency measures like nearly doubling fuel-economy standards for cars and light trucks for the first time in decades will:

• Reduce our dependence on oil by an estimated 12 billion barrels,
• Save families $1.7 trillion at the pump,
• Make our air cleaner to breathe, and create jobs.

That's the kind of action we need to give our economy a boost and tackle big issues like climate change—but we're not done yet. The chance to accomplish even more in the President's second term is what this campaign is all about, and what's at stake between now and November.

But our opponents are fighting back hard against the State Department's decision. That's why we need to say loudly and clearly that we're standing with President Obama.

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