Nebraska Governor Approves the Keystone XL Pipeline Route

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3. This will be THE test of Obama's commitment to fighting climate change

Opening the Alberta tar sands for full exploitation would be so devastating to the environment, it would be virtually impossible for the president to do anything else in his 2nd term to offset the decades of destruction the XL pipeline would cause through global warming.

This is where Obama has to put his money where his mouth is, and stand by his principles and deny the construction of this pipeline. Anything less and he's just another useless, spineless hypocrite who is willing to put short-term political gain ahead of the survival of future generations.