Today marks six years since the application to build the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline was first submitted. For the past six years, the project has been extensively studied and debated, but President Obama has yet to make a decision on whether or not to approve the Presidential Permit needed to allow construction of the cross-border pipeline. Instead, the president continues to come up with new excuses to extend the project’s review and stall his decision, blocking job creation and the delivery of safe and secure North American energy. In five separate reviews, the State Department found that Keystone XL was safe, would create thousands of jobs, support billions in economic activity, and would not increase greenhouse gas emissions, but the president still can’t find a way to say yes. Throughout history, U.S. presidents have achieved monumental accomplishments in far less time than President Obama has taken to come to a simple yes or no on the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline. Makes you wonder what they might think…
Please note that the preceding is a parody in an attempt to find a semblance of humor in the fact that President Obama has still failed to make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. If you want to join the real conversation on Twitter, please use the hashtag #TimeToBuild.
