The USA does not need or does it want another oil pipeline. There are plenty of old pipelines that can be replaced without causing harm to farmland or native American lands.

The High Plains aquifer underlies 174,000 mi² in parts of eight States—Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. (click here)

While George W. Bush was in office as President all we heard was how China was emitting carbon dioxide without regard to the problems created by that Greenhouse Gas. 

Then in a Senate session the country heard how the Senate states there is a definite problem called global warming. 

Well, unlike the Republican Senate and House, President Obama acted to reduce the pollution of these dangerous atmospheric gases. He brought a historic agreement with China to reduce Greenhouse Gases.

The EPA has issued regulations to eliminate old power plants that cause 24.5 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions of the USA. A joint proposal was achieved by the EPA that reflected an agreement among EPA, NHTSA, California, and most major automakers to improve CAFE standards through 2025. Those CAFE standards should be a point of pride for all Americans. It seeks to reduce CO2 emissions with all vehicles while increasing the mileage per gallon American cars deliver. CAFE standards have been enacted since 1975 and supported by bipartisanship. (click here)

President Obama has stated he will be vetoing the Keystone XL Pipeline legislation sent to his desk today from Congress. He is doing the right thing. The US Congress needs to respect his decisions considering he has been incredibly loyal to the best outcome of the USA in relation to other countries in reducing dangerous emissions.

The USA has an obligation to eliminate as much Greenhouse Gas emissions as possible. There is much that is possible in reducing and ultimately eliminating emissions of greenhouse gases. Considering President Obama was able to achieve an agreement with China there is no reason for him to sign a political legislative agenda of Republicans that insults that agreement. Tar Sands oil is the most carbon dense oil production on the planet. Why reverse the record of the USA when there has been such success on all fronts to date? 

February 13, 2015 
LINCOLN — A Nebraska judge (click here) has halted condemnation of private land for the Keystone XL pipeline, while new legal challenges to the project make their way through the courts.
Nearly 70 landowners sought the temporary injunction Thursday to block TransCanada Corp. from using eminent domain to secure right-of-way for the controversial oil pipeline....

This is what Congress was seeking to undo providing a Canadian company with American land through eminent domain. Canada does not have the right to declare eminent domain on US soil. The Congress doesn't see the danger to these demands? US citizens will lose private property rights because any government in the world decides to build on American land! I don't think so! These are some of the most productive farmlands in the world and a foreign government is suppose to be allowed to leverage power over them according to the Republican House and Senate.