Brad Wall puts focus on Energy East pipeline after Keystone XL rejection
Brad Wall is once again reiterating that a focus needs to be put on the Energy East pipeline with the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S.
After releasing a statement on Friday following US President Barack Obama’s decision, the premier again said he wasn’t surprised by Obama’s decision, but still found the decision puzzling.
“Last year, 2014, 493,000 cars, rail cars full of oil (were) moving the product across the United States, and the state department made the point – (Obama’s) own state department made the point – that greenhouse gas emission are up obviously higher from that rail transportation than they would be from a pipeline.”
Wall said he believes the move was clearly political – a way for Obama to burnish his image going into this month’s global climate change summit in Paris.