Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama’s latest public comments on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline have highlighted the wildly divergent job estimates associated with the project while raising concerns among American proponents that he’s preparing to reject it.
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But a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official said Tuesday that Obama’s public comments about the pipeline over the past few weeks suggest he might be setting the stage to delay a decision on Keystone XL even further.
“He’s talked about the need to focus on the climate impact, he’s talked about looking at the jobs numbers and whether they’re significant, he’s talked about national security issues associated with the pipeline,” Matt Koch, the chamber’s energy and pipeline specialist, said in an interview.
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