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So why wouldn’t the State Department consider global carbon impacts in its assessment? The answer might be that there are still questions as to whether the U.S. government can legally consider worldwide impacts — whether Keystone’s potential impact on global consumption is within the State Department’s scope. It is a United States-based project, after all. But Lazarus said that shouldn’t matter. “We need to consider, especially from a climate change stance, that emissions know no borders when it comes to greenhouse gases,” he said. “It seems imperative that wherever one is supposed to look at emissions implications of a policy, one must look at it from a global perspective.” thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/11/3469840/keystone-xl-climate-impact/
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 23:04:57 +0000

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