Steve Scauzillo: Oil Pipeline Beats More Nuclear Power Plants

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Environmentalists are against the building of a pipeline that would move crude oil from Canada to refineries in Texas because it will add to global warming.

They have a point. More oil refining adds to the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere, or greenhouse gases, which exacerbates the crisis of climate change that is already under way. Plus, the process of separating the oil from the tar sands is more polluting than previous extraction methods.

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Steve Scauzillo: Oil Pipeline Beats More Nuclear Power Plants

While the State Department has approved the pipeline, known as the Keystone XL Pipeline project, President Obama has asked for a delay in the permitting process. This has rankled t...

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