Democrats ask for investigation into Keystone XL

[Willinois]

My first reaction is, why the hell didn't they have the guts to investigate more when Bush was in office? But, there are legitimate issues here. The State Department has mishandled this from the beginning and if the pipeline is approved it will be a major political liability for Obama.

From Grist...

Quote:Congressional Democrats decided to stop being polite and start being real about the Keystone XL approval process. Twenty representatives had already petitioned Secretary of State Clinton to look into the issue, and now 14 members of Congress are calling for the State Department's inspector general to investigate.

Given that at least some of the problem seems to come from inside the State Department, this is a little peculiar -- they're asking the IG to look into whether the relationship between State and TransCanada was too close for regulatory comfort. They're also requesting a re-review of the environmental analysis, which has been tainted by the discovery that the firm conducting it was a client of TransCanada's.

The scandal was also explained in a graphic and video last week. I'm posting the graphic and you can go to Grist for the video.



Of course, this will all go away quickly if Obama rejects the pipeline.

[nofurylike]

President Obama said yesterday that he has not decided yet, that there are still important questions, and that it may be next year before they are answered. i tried to post about that, but the post vanished (well, i lost it, more like ). i will try to re-post it when i am back online.

thank you for posting that, Willinois.