Resumen de Keystone cop-out?
Pearce talks about Pres Obama will blow his climate credentials if he says yes to doubling imports of one of the filthiest fuels on Earth. Proponents say the tar-sands pipeline, known as Keystone XL in the parlance of outsize clothing would create jobs and improve US energy security. But for environmentalists in the US, the decision--due any time--on whether it should go ahead is a touchstone for Barack Obama's willingness to confront climate change in his second term. Environmentalists are up in arms. They fear leaks. No matter what its sponsors suggest, this is no ordinary pipeline. The tar-sands oil--essentially diluted bitumen--is more acidic than regular oil and contains more sediment and moves at higher pressures. Climate change is still the biggest deal. Extracting and processing tar sands creates a carbon footprint three times that of conventional crude. Obama would rightly lose all environmental credibility if he were to approve a scheme to double his country's imports of this fossil-fuel basket case.
