If President Obama was looking for any additional reasons to veto the senate’s recent vote in favor of Keystone XL, the EPA just handed him what could be the defining argument against building the controversial pipeline. In a letter to the State Department, the EPA explains in detail how a staggering 1.37 billion metric tons of additional greenhouse gases will be released if Keystone XL goes ahead.
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