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发帖数: 29846 | 1 卸任的美国前能源部长朱棣文突然宣布，奥巴马政府对提议中的Keystone XL输油管线
的决定将会基于政治利益考虑，而不是科学
BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
February 4, 2014 3:44 pm
Former Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that the Obama administration’s
decision on the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline was influenced by
politics rather than science.
Chu made the comments about the Keystone XL pipeline during a press
conference in Spain, according to the Hill:
“I don’t have a position on whether the Keystone pipeline should be
built. That is for the secretary of State and the president. But I will say
that the decision on whether the construction should happen was a political
one and not a scientific one,” Chu said.
On Friday, the State Department released a long-awaited report that
concluded the proposed 1,179-mile northern leg of the pipeline would not
have significant environmental effects.
If approved, the northern leg would cost $5.4 billion. The southern leg
of the pipeline, which now runs from Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast, is already
in use. TransCanada built that half, and began pumping oil through it last
month.
President Barack Obama is expected to decide on the Keystone XL’s
construction later in the year. |
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