Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator John Kerry, President Obama?s nominee for secretary of state, was quizzed on Thursday about the decision he faces this spring on approval of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
Mr. Kerry replied that he would ensure that ?appropriate decisions? are made on the controversial 1,700-mile pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada?s tar sands to refineries on the Gulf Coast. He did not tip his hand on his position, but added that he would ensure that the State Department has carried out its analysis of the pipeline?s environmental impacts properly.
A department spokeswoman indicated this week that a decision on whether the project will go forward would not be announced before April.
On another environmental front, Mr. Kerry told the panel that climate change was a ?life-threatening issue? and that the United States would risk being left behind economically if it did not invest in clean sources of energy.
Here?s a video clip of his Keystone XL remarks.
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