Washington Post editorial: Opposition to the Keystone pipeline is "a counterproductive obsession of many in the environmental movement"

Environmentalists are fighting the wrong battles - The Washington Post

Last Friday, the State Department released a new draft analysis of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, opposition to which has become a counterproductive obsession of many in the environmental movement.
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The analysis underscores the extent to which activists have trumped up a relatively mundane infrastructure issue into the premier environmental fight of this decade, leading to big marches and acts of civil disobedience to advance a cause that is worthy of neither. The activists ought to pick more important fights. Until they do, the president should ignore their pressure.