Barack Obama

. . . how it was going to effect those states that depend on oil revenue.

President Obama has been very careful not to offend many of the self-righteous Republicans that dominate the public offices in those states, while trying to help the Democrats that have to live in those states under Republican polices.

I remember when the Love Canal was in the news, and the Keystone XL pipeline is nowhere near as toxic as the horrendous stories that came out of that area.
Skinner, EarlG, and some others that post here, aren't old enough to remember what it was like back when the news of the Love Canal toxic dump area broke out in the news media.
They weren't here, walking on this earth at that time, when corporations would routinely just roll their 55-gallon drum of sludge over to the edge of the river and pour the toxic contents in to it on a daily basis.

Those days are long gone.
Thanks to the Democrats in the Democratic party back in the 70s who made it one of their highest priorities to reconcile!

So, President Obama has had his hands full dealing with issues like the Keystone XL pipeline, while dealing with a few other international issues, that I don't need to mention here, at the same time.