FINANCIAL TIMES: A cross-party push for the $7bn Keystone XL oil pipeline failed on Tuesday as lawmakers seeking to press President Barack Obama into approving it could not muster enough votes in the US Senate.
The planned pipeline would carry oil from Canada to the US and has become a proxy for a bigger political fight over the competing imperatives of economic growth and environmental protection…
In January, a new Congress controlled by Republicans is expected to push an aggressive series of pro-energy policies and try to force Mr Obama’s hand on Keystone again… (more)
