As usual you can follow the money for the political reasons for or against our energy and environmental policies in the USA.

Obama's good chum Warren Buffett is a good example of how there hypocritical logic is bad for all the people, not only financially but environmentally.

Some snips from here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-23/buffett-s-burlington-northern-among-winners-in-obama-rejection-of-pipeline.html

"Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC is among U.S. and Canadian railroads that stand to benefit from the Obama administration’s decision to reject TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL oil pipeline permit."

"Shipping oil using tank cars on rail costs about $3 more a barrel than pipeline transport"

"Shipping oil using tank cars on rail costs about $3 more a barrel than pipeline transport, using prices in North Dakota, a differential “unlikely” to slow the development of oil sands crude if no pipeline is build, the State Department said."