a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1264:"On Thursday, President Obama sided with the State Department plan to study alternative routes for the Keystone pipeline, intended to bring oil from Alberta, Canada to refineries along the Gulf Coast.&nbsp; This project potentially would have brought 20,000 good, high-paying construction jobs to the US.&nbsp; Given that the State Department has already done a study that concluded the proposed route was the best of several alternatives, one would wonder why the President is choosing to delay the project for further study.&nbsp; Is this a purely political decision intended to pump up the environmental base of the Democratic party?&nbsp; Get details at:&nbsp; <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/10/obama-breaks-oil-pipeline-plan-discards-20000-jobs/">dailycaller.com/2011/11/10/obama-breaks-oil-pipeline-plan-discards-20000-jobs/</a><br />
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Some fear the delay will actually doom the project and open the door for Canada to ship their oil to Asia instead.&nbsp; For more from the Canadian perspective, see:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-11/keystone-pipeline-may-not-survive-u-s-delay-flaherty-says.html">www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-11/keystone-pipeline-may-not-survive-u-s-delay-flaherty-says.html</a><br />
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