Map: Peter Hoey President Obama announced yesterday his decision to deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried 700,000 barrels of crude oil a day from northern Alberta in Canada to refineries in the states, extending to the Gulf Coast in Texas. “This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people,” said President Obama in the statement. The announcement is a victory for environmental groups and activists, who have rallied against the 1,661-mile-long pipeline since the State Department began considering Keystone XL for approval more than three years ago. "This was a gutsy call by the President,” said 吃瓜黑料 President David Yarnold in a statement. “But it was also a victory for common sense. You don’t pipe potentially lethal goo through one of...