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The President Should Not Only Veto The Keystone XL Pipeline But Stop It Permanently

The president says he'll veto the Keystone XL pipeline. He should do more, and put an end to the project altogether. He has the authority.
Robert Reich
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Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; author, 'Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few''

Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; author, 'Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few''
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The president says he'll veto the Keystone XL pipeline. He should do more, and put an end to the project altogether. He has the authority. Oil from Alberta's tar sands is the dirtiest in the world -- causing not just serious environmental damage when it's extracted but also when and if it leaks out along its route from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Please tell the White House to veto it permanently.

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