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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Oil Sands Show Obama’s Policy-Making at Its Worst

Oil Sands Show Obama’s Policy-Making at Its Worst

What a mess President Obama makes as he tries to placate both sides of a dispute and comes out looking just inept.The president’s possible approval of the 2,000-mile-long pipeline from the oil sands (previously known as the tar sands, and most correctly bitumen sands) of Alberta, Canada, to the refineries and shipping terminals of the U.S. Gulf Coast is a tale of political calculation gone sadly wrong. His clumsiness is not helped by a favorable environmental statement issued recently.In January 2012, the president was expected to give his…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Oil-Sands-Show-Obamas-Policy-Making-at-Its-Worst.html

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