Just in time, the Times did something for Earth Day, and I heard about it from Gomez at Atrios:
Hipster fairy? Herbert, by Paulina Cassidy. The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.
Yes, it seems that what's been going on all this time with the Keystone is one of those Village turf wars: the EPA has the expertise to decide just how much of a disaster the pipeline is going to be, but State has the authority to make the decision—because it will cross the international border, apparently making it a Foreign Affair. And the EPA is raising its tiny, tinny, morally and scientifically authoritative voice. I want to believe it will make a difference, I want to believe it will make a difference, I want—clap your hands, children! This sometimes works!The EPA said that despite more than four years of study, the State Department still has not done sufficient analysis of the project's environmental impact.
