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mercially and in terms of global
warming, though it’s safe to assume that the project would not
deliver a bumper crop of jobs
nor lower prices at the pump, as
supporters argue. At the same
time, not everyone agrees that a
completed Keystone XL pipeline
would necessarily mean “game
over” for the climate, as some op-
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ponents of the project have declared — though a recent study by
a Canadian environmental group
suggests the climate impacts of
Keystone may be worse than previously thought.
But whatever its actual effects,
the pipeline remains an extremely
powerful totem for stakeholders on both sides. It represents to
some, rightly or wrongly, Obama’s
commitment to American jobs
and liberation from the tyranny of
Actress Daryl
Hannah sits
in front of
the White
House during
a protest
against the
construction
of the
Keystone XL
pipeline.