Keystone XL Absent From White House Budget

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/keystone-xl-white-house-budget_n_3054503.html


Keystone XL Absent From White House Budget

Posted: 04/10/2013 3:59 pm EDT


WASHINGTON -- The White House budget released Wednesday highlighted President Barack Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy, yet conspicuously absent is any mention of Keystone XL, the controversial oil pipeline proposal being reviewed by the State Department.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Republicans had included funding for the $7 billion pipeline in their own budget and have been pressing the White House in budget talks to do the same.

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The White House budget also includes funding to boost communities' resilience in the face of climate change, increases in Interior Department revenue through higher royalty rates on energy production, closure of loopholes for oil and gas producers, and permanent tax provisions for renewable energy.

The administration is expected to make a decision on Keystone XL this summer, following the conclusion of the State Department's review.

Juliet Eilperin, writing for The Washington Post, notes that proponents might be able to override Obama (if he says no) and force pipeline approval through Congress, provided they can attract a few more Democrats to their side. Environmental groups have threatened to fight such a maneuver in federal court.

[davidpdx]

1. It is bad enough they are trying to build it all

but fuck the funding. Any D that votes for it or to override it (if it passed) should be challenged in a primary). I don't care who the fuck it is.