claim: says president barack obama's own administration has done five environmental impact assessments of the keystone xl pipeline, "all of which have said it would have a minimum impact on the environment."
author: john thune
evidence_1: sep 22, 2015 ... by now, most people have heard of the keystone xl pipeline. ... opponents say  all that extra fossil fuel will worsen global warming. ... process includes both an  environmental impact assessment and a national .... president obama has said  he will only approve the project if it does not ..... card 5 of 19. > ...
evidence_2: jan 9, 2015 ... in 2012, president barack obama toured the transcanada ... but if the bill  passes, the white house has said president barack obama wouldn't sign it, ...  critics who say the pipeline would harm the environment don't as much have of  an issue ... and all had a higher environmental impact than keystone xl.
evidence_3: the keystone pipeline system is an oil pipeline system in canada and the  united states, .... the pipeline has a minimum ground cover of 4 feet (1.2 m). ... if  completed, the keystone xl would have added 510,000 barrels per day (81,000  .... protection agency said the draft environmental impact study for keystone xl  was ...
evidence_4: nov 12, 2015 ... late last week, president obama formally rejected transcanada's ... “keystone  xl” pipeline, which would have pumped oil derived from ... rather, i'd like to  review what the administration's own technical analyses said about the pipeline,  ... environmental impact assessment published in 2014 assessed the ...
evidence_5: feb 3, 2015 ... the agency highlights that the 1179-mile pipeline would increase greenhouse  gas emissions. ... with oil prices hitting a five-year low, building the keystone xl  ... to climate change, the environmental protection agency said in a letter to the  .... president barack obama has said he would only approve the ...