Scholarly Research Paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics
- International Politics - Region: USA, grade: A, Webster
University, course: U.S. Foreign Policy, language: English,
abstract: TransCanada Corporation's Keystone XL Pipeline is a
highly contentious matter in Canada and the United States as its
proposed construction has been fraught with economic,
environmental, and political issues. Since the pipeline was first
proposed in 2008 as an extension of the already constructed
Keystone Pipeline, the Keystone XL Pipeline has been most strongly
opposed by environmental groups and certain political figures.
Pressure from these various groups was largely responsible for U.S.
President Barack Obama's decision in November 2011 to reject the
immediate construction of the pipeline and instead postpone the
decision to 2013. The postponementto construct the pipeline
waslargely a decision to conduct further investigations of the
environmental concerns that opponents to the pipeline have raised.
Those in support of the pipeline have suggested that the
postponement to 2013 was merely a political ploy in order to avoid
the pipeline issue, while appeasing environmentalists, until after
the 2012 presidential election. Regardless of the president's
reason to delay the pipeline, relations with Canada have been
negatively affected, it has continued to solidify U.S. dependence
on foreign oil in comparatively more volatile regions, and has
increased the Republican-dominated Congress's pressure on the
president. These opposing pressures appear to have had a heavy
influence on the Obama administration as it now seems that a
certain degree of policy backpedalling is evident while the
president attempts to appease both sides of the debate
General
Imprint: |
Grin Verlag
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2012 |
First published: |
September 2013 |
Authors: |
Michael Kennedy
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 1mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
20 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-656-33664-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
3-656-33664-4 |
Barcode: |
9783656336648 |
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