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Comments on: Points Of Interest https://whynow.dumka.us/2014/11/18/points-of-interest-3/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:11:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2014/11/18/points-of-interest-3/comment-page-1/#comment-74264 Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:11:02 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=34175#comment-74264 Signing the bill would give up Presidential power and he has never done that. It would also derail the standard approval process through the State Department which would send the whole mess into the courts. All of this may be moot anyway, because a regulatory board in Nebraska still hasn’t given its permission, and without it the project can’t go forward.

To go through it has to get permission from the State Department and that board in Nebraska. Even if both give their approval, there are a series of law suits that have either already been or will be filed in state courts and those will probably end up in Federal courts. Giving the costs involved in getting the tar sands into a pipe line and the falling oil prices, this project becomes less valuable every day, and may not be profitable if it is built.

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By: paintedjaguar https://whynow.dumka.us/2014/11/18/points-of-interest-3/comment-page-1/#comment-74258 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 23:43:11 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=34175#comment-74258 I keep hearing that Obama will “of course” veto this or that but people who rely on him to oppose creeping corporatism tend to get disappointed. Let’s not forget who approved expanded offshore drilling just before the BP disaster. He’s got his retirement to think about, after all.

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