Canada's
federal government approved the C$6.5 billion ($6 billion), 1,200km
(730-mile) Northern Gateway pipeline to take 525,000 barrels a day of
bitumen to Kitimat, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC), for
shipment to Asia. Less expected was the tone and format of the
announcement, a lukewarm five-paragraph news release.
They finally figured out that Obama sees everything through a political lens, and making a decision either way on the Keystone pipeline has political cost, so he wasn't going to make one. The understatement of the announcement was just in case they were wrong.
They finally figured out that Obama sees everything through a political lens, and making a decision either way on the Keystone pipeline has political cost, so he wasn't going to make one. The understatement of the announcement was just in case they were wrong.
