![]() ![]() “This is rotten eggs for TransCanada and good news on Good Friday for those who oppose Keystone as not being in our nation’s best interest,” Steyer said in a statement. Support for the president, or lack of it, is generally reflected in mid-term voter turnout.Īpproval of the pipeline would also have risked dampening the enthusiasm of wealthy donors such as billionaire investor Tom Steyer, who is spending tens of millions of dollars to boost environmentally-friendly candidates. The State Department’s announcement on Friday that it would give government agencies more time to study the project was seen by strategists from both parties as a move to prevent that and boost Obama in the eyes of his supporters. REUTERS/Lane HickenbottomĮnvironmentalists, worried about the project’s effect on climate change, have put enormous pressure on the president to reject the pipeline from Canada’s oil sands, staging demonstrations outside the White House and protests in states where he travels.Ī decision to approve it now could have prompted that vocal group, which was instrumental in electing Obama in 20, to sit out the November 4 congressional elections. A TransCanada Keystone Pipeline pump station operates outside Steele City, Nebraska March 10, 2014.
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