Former anti-CO2 hero Lindsey Graham comes out swinging in favor of the oilsands pipeline

Rejecting pipeline would be huge 'policy blunder': U.S. senator

WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. senator came out swinging Wednesday in favour of TransCanada's Keystone XL oilsands pipeline, telling Americans that rejection of the project would be "the biggest energy policy blunder in our history."

Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, warned that a decision by President Barack Obama to deny a permit for the pipeline would cost the U.S. thousands of jobs and immediately turn Keystone XL into a "defining issue" in the 2012 presidential election.
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He argued Canadian oilsands crude, far from being the 'dirty oil' opponents claim, has only slightly higher life-cycle carbon emissions than light crude.

It's not significant enough to outweigh the economic and national security benefits, Graham said, of boosting imports of oil from a friendly, reliable ally.

"It's buying from your cousin."

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