Wednesday, February 08, 2012

They're Still...

...talking about it (in the New York Slimes, yet!!):

The Poisoned Politics of Keystone XL
"Instead of blithely assuming the United States would purchase its oil, Canada is now determined to find diverse buyers so it won’t be held hostage by American politics. Hence, the newfound willingness to do business with China. Canada has concluded that it simply can’t expect much from the United States, even on an issue that would seem to be vital to our own interests.

As it turns out, the environmental movement doesn’t just want to shut down Keystone. Its real goal, as I discovered when I spoke recently to Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club, is much bigger. “The effort to stop Keystone is part of a broader effort to stop the expansion of the tar sands,” Brune said. “It is based on choking off the ability to find markets for tar sands oil.”"
But will it still be in the news in late October, early November?

In any case, the Slimes readers take care of things in the comments. Sorta like the CBC in that way.

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