09-23-2015, 11:01 AM
Clinton Opposes Keystone XL Pipeline
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She'd previously said she wouldn't answer questions about her position on the pipeline, citing her role in reviewing the project at the State Department and the ongoing federal review. But during a campaign stop in Des Moines, the Democratic presidential candidate said she thought the matter "would be decided by now."
"But it hasn't been decided and I feel now I've got a responsibility," she said. Clinton went on to say the pipeline is a "distraction" from important work to be done on climate change, and "one that interferes with our ability to move forward with all the other issues -- therefore I oppose it.
"And I oppose it because I don't think it's in the best interest of what we need to do to combat climate change. I will be rolling out in a few days my plan for a North American approach to fighting climate change and clean energy. Because for me, we need to be transitioning from fossil fuels—I know it will take time—to clean renewable energy."
In 2010, then-Secretary Clinton indicated potential support for the project as she told a San Francisco audience, "We're either going to be dependent on dirty oil from the [Persian] Gulf or dirty oil from Canada."
Clinton's remarks come just after Pope Francis arrived in Washington at the start of a closely watched visit to the United States. The Pope considers climate change one of the most important issues in the world today.
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Bernie Sanders is running in part on opposition to the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, which he's always opposed. It puts him at odds with one of his biggest support groups, Labor Unions. The Labor Unions support the project, which they believe will create many thousands of new well-paying construction jobs and will improve the economy.
Sanders said, "As a senator who has vigorously opposed the Keystone pipeline from the beginning, I am glad that Secretary Clinton finally has made a decision and I welcome her opposition to the pipeline. Clearly it would be absurd to encourage the extraction and transportation of some of the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet."
She'd previously said she wouldn't answer questions about her position on the pipeline, citing her role in reviewing the project at the State Department and the ongoing federal review. But during a campaign stop in Des Moines, the Democratic presidential candidate said she thought the matter "would be decided by now."
"But it hasn't been decided and I feel now I've got a responsibility," she said. Clinton went on to say the pipeline is a "distraction" from important work to be done on climate change, and "one that interferes with our ability to move forward with all the other issues -- therefore I oppose it.
"And I oppose it because I don't think it's in the best interest of what we need to do to combat climate change. I will be rolling out in a few days my plan for a North American approach to fighting climate change and clean energy. Because for me, we need to be transitioning from fossil fuels—I know it will take time—to clean renewable energy."
In 2010, then-Secretary Clinton indicated potential support for the project as she told a San Francisco audience, "We're either going to be dependent on dirty oil from the [Persian] Gulf or dirty oil from Canada."
Clinton's remarks come just after Pope Francis arrived in Washington at the start of a closely watched visit to the United States. The Pope considers climate change one of the most important issues in the world today.
Bernie Sanders is running in part on opposition to the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, which he's always opposed. It puts him at odds with one of his biggest support groups, Labor Unions. The Labor Unions support the project, which they believe will create many thousands of new well-paying construction jobs and will improve the economy.
Sanders said, "As a senator who has vigorously opposed the Keystone pipeline from the beginning, I am glad that Secretary Clinton finally has made a decision and I welcome her opposition to the pipeline. Clearly it would be absurd to encourage the extraction and transportation of some of the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet."