Rolling Stone: Obama won't approve KXL

Jeff Goodell has penned a longread at Rolling Stone: he believes President Obama will deny approval for the climate-killing Keystone XL pipeline after mid-term elections:

But the sad truth is that even if Obama manages to pull off the climate trifecta – implementing EPA power-plant rules, killing Keystone and forging a global agreement to cut carbon pollution – he won't have done enough. He won't have pushed through a price on carbon. He won't have stopped oil drilling in the Arctic. He won't have cut subsidies to Big Oil and Coal that distort the energy market. But he will have changed the political calculation about what is possible. Already Hillary Clinton is talking about the need for a mass movement on climate; Podesta believes climate will emerge as a key issue in the 2016 presidential race. As for Republicans, "being hostile to science is not a good way to win elections," says Steve Schmidt, a prominent GOP consultant. Sen. Whitehouse believes that energy politics are changing so quickly that Congress may well take up legislation again in the not-so-distant future that puts a price on carbon. [Goodell, Obama's Last Shot]

Steve Tamayo, Sicangu Tribe, paints Tipi gift 4 National Museum of Native American #RejectAndProtect pic.twitter.com/4iGjv1cOYZ via @johnzangas
— EON News Net (@eonnewsnet) April 25, 2014

From @g0ldtooth. Protesters shut down the busiest intersection in Washington DC with a round dance! #RejectAndProtect pic.twitter.com/2mPUgsiI7d
— Frank Waln (@FrankWaln) April 25, 2014