In the pages of the Wall Street Journal, Governor Rick Perry says Texans are 鈥渂affled鈥� by President Obama鈥檚 decision on the Keystone XL pipeline.
鈥淜eystone would have provided a shot in the arm for our nation's uncertain economy, and it could have provided economic opportunity for tens of thousands of families, stretching from here in Texas all the way to the Canadian border,鈥� Perry wrote in . He said the pipeline鈥檚 approval could create 鈥渦p to 20,000 direct jobs,鈥� a figure that has been questioned . (A U.S. State Department estimate foresees approximately 5,000-6,000 construction jobs created by the pipeline.)
鈥�Hoping to appease environmental radicals, President Obama said no, claiming he didn't have time to adequately consider the pipeline,鈥� Perry continues.
Approval for the Keystone XL pipeline, built to channel oil sands from Canada to ports in the Gulf of Mexico, was . KUT鈥檚 reporting partner StateImpact Texas that the reason for the rejection 鈥� the pipeline鈥檚 route through Nebraska 鈥� was already being reworked by pipeline builder , meaning although the project has been set back, it鈥檚 not exactly dead.
