Canadian Overtures for Keystone Approval Could Instead Backfire

摘要

Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver met with US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz last week in Washington, D.C., ostensibly to discuss collaborative efforts the two nations can make to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and carbon emissions in particular (p1). But he clearly meant to grease the political skids for the embattled Keystone XL Pipeline. The visit follows close on the heels of revelations that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent a letter late last month to President Barack Obama proposing that the US and Canada work together to reduce carbon emissions.