The Keystone pipeline has been under study for five years and will be studied further. It will be built, or scuttled, when the politics are right. For now, the pipeline, as Coral Davenport of the New York Times reports:
… has galvanized environmental activists, who call it a litmus test for President Obama’s commitment to fighting climate change. It is a political weapon against Mr. Obama for Republicans, who call it a symbol of job creation and energy security. It has motivated liberal donors, led by the California billionaire Tom Steyer, who has personally urged Mr. Obama to reject the pipeline.
The argument is mostly style over substance since:
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