Keith Sketchley writes:
Today the US State Department reported ‘no major environmental objections to the proposed $7 billion Keystone pipeline’. I wonder what Obamas and Kerrys reasons for further delay will be now?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline cleared a major hurdle toward approval Friday, a serious blow to environmentalists’ hopes that President Barack Obama will block the controversial project running more than 1,000 miles from Canada through the heart of the U.S.
The State Department reported no major environmental objections to the proposed $7 billion pipeline, which has become a symbol of the political debate over climate change.
It is not one of delays, it is one of concessions. Some left wingers want Obama to Nationalize all oil companies and pipelines.
Good, awesome news. It’s long past due this country further develop it’s own energy resources.
Well I heard a radio broadcast re-run of a Q&A by the White House spokes puppet, as to what was holding up Keystone, if the President had said he wanted to create jobs.
The buffoon hemmed and hawed, and generally gobbledegooked his way through an ersatz answer, the apparent gis of which was that POTUS can’t just do things on his own when other countries were involved. He suggested it might be a matter for the State Department to look into.
He had no answer when asked howcome they hadn’t already looked into it.
Talk about bs.
One would think that Kerry could have leaned on the writers of the report, however “hands-off” (wink, wink, nudge nudge) he may have wanted to be perceived. And for that matter, he would have had a sense of what Obama wanted. So overall, maybe there’s a chance the Administration will for once do what’s best for the country instead of their useful (geen) idiots.
green
350.org (McKibben’s nutters) object vehemently to KXL.
That there was zero reality behind that objection, we skeptics already knew.
And the Obama Administration saw fit to spend our tax money on that study.
That is GREAT NEWS!
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And, in other news….
Monday is Mario’s birthday!!!
Mario, gallant, greathearted, champion, scientist-engineer, and hero par excellence, who step up and say, “That was out of line,” when you see someone being treated unfairly, this song is for you.
It is also for ALL of you WUWT heroes, for all of you teachers fighting the daily fight against ignorance in the classroom (and in the faculty lounge), and for all of the excellent scientists, both those out there on the front lines, such as Murry Salby, and those who, like Bart and Konrad and Leif, patiently persevere, month after month, correcting error, and for A-tho-ny! and all you wonderful moderators who deal with all the filth so the rest of us don’t have to (thank you!), and for all you regular commenters who step to the plate and daily refute insidiously erroneous, green-eyed, beliefs that would devour our liberties and destroy our free market economy, and last but not least, for all the great cheer leaders like Stan Stendera! Go, Stan! (and Libby).
THANK YOU for fighting the daily fight of good against ev1l, of truth against l1es.
YOU ARE MY HEROES!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARIO LENTO!!!
Gratefully,
Janice
(Qualifier: any sexual innuendo the song may seem to imply is NOT part of my intended message)
“I wonder what Obamas and Kerrys reasons for further delay will be now?”
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Because……..
Errr… Keith Sketchley commented on the lack of snow on Mount Washington, Vancouver, BC, in Tip ‘n Notes.
I take it that, if Obama has approved this pipeline, it is either going to move CO2 from the atmosphere to somewhere less “troublesome”, or the missing heat from the oceans to the atmosphere to prove the computer models are working?
Slightly off-thread, but I did predict it would happen; after our (UK) warm summer and mild and wet winter, the Met Office has announced that winters are going to continue to get milder and wetter and summers, warmer and wetter due to CO2 levels continuing to rise. They kept very quiet during the last four very cold winters, so obviously the scientific minds at the Met Office cannot differentiate between climate and weather!
george e. smith says:
January 31, 2014 at 10:45 pm
Well I heard a radio broadcast re-run of a Q&A by the White House spokes puppet, as to what was holding up Keystone, if the President had said he wanted to create jobs.
The buffoon hemmed and hawed, and generally gobbledegooked his way through an ersatz answer, the apparent gis of which was that POTUS can’t just do things on his own when other countries were involved. He suggested it might be a matter for the State Department to look into. He had no answer when asked howcome they hadn’t already looked into it.
George,
Odd, that. During the State of the Union diatribe, Our Dear Leader assured us that “if Congress won’t act, I will. I have my pen and my phone…...
I’m fairly sure Obama could take a couple of minutes between the front and back ‘nine’ to give a shout out to Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, to say “Hey Steve! Yeah, it’s me, The Choom Gangstha! You know that pipe line thing you Canucks been asking for – It’s ON! Yeah! Hey Man – gotta go. The beer cart is here!
Want to bet that some ‘new concerns’ will suddenly surface that need to be addressed, say for the next 3 years, before Obama ‘n Kerry will be able to get to ita decision? I hope I’m wrong….
Mac
Hi, Mac the Knight in Shining Armor. #(:))
I’m still up — re-playing this page over and over to see if my 11:06pm post is out of moderation…. yet.
IS there a Mt. Washington near Vancouver, B. C.?! Never heard of it. Must be preeetty short. Like one of those hills they call “mountains” back east. I’ll always remember a woman from New York State saying how charming it was that I lived “nestled amongst the mountains.” I thought she was seriously mistaken about where my house was. Then, I realized that she wasn’t. lol
Well, I can report that this evening there IS snow down to about 3,000 ft. elev. on a very short mountain, indeed, 4,000-ft. Mt. Cultus, a good 60 miles south of Canada… .
Hi, Andrew Harding — How did (are?) you and your wife enjoy(ing?) Hawaii? Glad you enjoyed your drive from Las Vegas (?) to San Francisco. I am curious, though, where in the world in that stretch of driving did you see “lovely” country? My Washington State eyes are spoiled, or, rather, simply unattuned to the barren beauty of the desert, I think… .
Hope you had (are having?) a great vacation!
Janice
Next delay waits until after mid-term elections, that’s all.
Far be it for me to meddle in U S politics but I seem to recall the State Dept cleared this pipeline a couple of years ago and POTUS sent it back for review. It seems State did not do what it was [presumably] told. And cleared it again.
Or have i got that wrong?
I am sure the readers of WUWT know better than I.
Kindest Regards
For the odd off topic Mount Washington comments. I have skied Mt. Washington. It is on Vancouver Island. Recently the south west coast of B.C. has experienced an inversion of temperatures where it has been cold near the surface and warm at high elevations. Mt. Baker, which I have also skied and is several hours closer to me than Mt. Washington has had a lot of snow. My local mountains (Burke) have snow on them and that is rare but not unusual.
Oh, Mount, Gary, not “odd,” INTRIGUING (lol). #(:))
Thanks for the information. Much appreciated.
The sooner the KXL pipeline is constructed, the better. Also, export permits for US crude oil & gas.
And, while we are at it, rescinding of fraccing bans in France & Bulgaria.
Paul Pierett says: January 31, 2014 at 10:42 pm
“It is not one of delays, it is one of concessions.”
It’s not about delays. It’s in the pipeline.
He’s right, the weather is actually changing. Only in what direction? Certainly in Sochi not lack the snow and frost.
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John Kerry, US secretary of state, will consult eight government agencies over the next three months about the broader national security, economic and environmental impacts of the project before deciding whether he thinks it should go ahead.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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And if that doesn’t waste enough time, he will then appoint a blue-ribbon panel to determine just how many angels can dance on a CO2 molecule.
Good Evening, Sweat Pea!
Nice to hear from you! I’m sipping a short whiskey ‘n water and catching up on reading that was sadly postponed to support a very busy week.
Speaking for those of us that were raised in the heartland, far from ‘real’ mountains, looking at Mt. Rainier looming up from sea level to 14,000ft is pure eye candy! There are few other places on earth (Mt. Fuji, perhaps) that have such awe inspiring, massive, and stretching-to-heaven relief… and I never get tired of seeing it in all its majesty.
Hope the sun shines on you tomorrow, Janice!
Mac
It’s on Vancouver Island, “Mount Washington, BC V9J 1L0, Canada
+1 250-338-1386” for the resort. 6288′ height.
Definition of “insanity”: environmentalists commissioning assessment after assessment of the same project, hoping for a different result.
The State Department would not have made such a decision without Obama’s approval. He is, after all, the President, and he gives the State Department its marching orders. So this announcement essentially means that Obama approves of the Keystone pipeline, but wants to deflect at least some of the wrath coming his way from the left.