on that. first we begin with a major hurdle being crossed in the push for the keystone xl pipeline. a long exhaustive study finding no concerns with building that line to bring oil to the united states from canada. but the project is five years in the making and is still waiting for the green light from president obama to begin work. peter doocy is live with the latest. peter? crude oil in canada is going to be extracted, pipeline or no pipeline. which is part of the reason they find the construction of the pipeline that would take 830,000 barrels of crude oil a day out of canada isn t going to really contribute to climate change at all. this is one pipeline project. canada is certainly not going to be leaving the greatest valued
similar in nature has been approved in two years or less. so this has just become about politics. earlier this month, the president heard from leaders of 18 groups who oppose the pipeline and said his all of the above policy is fundamentally at odds with his goal of cutting carbon pollution. it forces his spokesman to defend him. we have reduced carbon in the country under the president through the historic emissions standards that have been set and other steps that have been taken, and will be taken. the president says he ll consider the impact on global warming as part of the decision to build the pipeline, though the report suggests without a sharp decline in the price of oil or an increase in the cost of transporting it, the canadian oil will likely be extracted one way or another. sandy shield agrees. this is one pipeline project and canada is certainly not going to leave their greatest values resource in the ground. canada s natural resources
fundame fundamentally at odds with your goal to reduce carbon pollution. today, they called on the u.s. to end the state of limbo about the pipeline project. this is a great project for the future economic prosperity of canada. a great project that will create a lot of jobs here in the united states. secretary of state john kerry at an event was asked about the hold-up, and he cited the environmental impact study. i can promise our friends in canada that all the appropriate effort is put into trying to get this done effectively and rapidly, and you know, my hope is that before long, that analysis will be available. and then my work begins. nearly a year ago, kerry also tried reassuring the canadians. i don t want to pin down precisely when, but i assure you in the near term. in a hearing yesterday with
democratic new speaker coming in thursday, they re going to try to expand the subpoena. but also as you pointed out, so he lost the vote yesterday on the pipeline project. he had to pull his nominee for the state supreme court and his chief of staff s nomination to be the a.g. is now stalled. does that suggest that cristi christie s power is starting to wane a little bit? chris christie has been protected because of his public popularity, other politicians haven t wanted to go after him, when people have written things in the media, it hasn t gained much tracks. behind the scenes he has played sort of the behind-the-scenes game in trenton effectively and you would say ruthlessly, too. and in a way like we re talking about, this incoming assembly speaker. he cultivated an alliance with key democrats in the state. democrats in that state rolled over for him in that election.
oil leaks in pipelines. there is a system out there of infrared sensors and fiberoptic cables laidout side the pipeline. that system exists. that sort of technology has officially been recommended by the u.s. government for this particular pipeline project. trans canada says actually we re good. we re not going to do that. they say employing that kind of technology would be impractical for this project. they re not going to do it. yes, they said they would be the safest pipeline ever, but not that safe. the spill detection systems that they are planning on using have what s called a spotty record of catching leaks, according to the u.s. department of transportation. trans canada is going to go with the spotty record stuff anyway, instead of the state of the art stuff. that sort of attitude toward safety on this project is part of why there is so much political con stra nation and attention and protests when it comes to this one particular pipeline. honestly, this would not be the