Mary Duenwald, Columnist

Has Obama Turned Against Keystone?

The first reports about President Obama's climate speech today were all about the one thing not part of his "climate action plan": the Keystone XL pipeline.

June 25, 2013 at 9:17 PM UTC

By Mary Duenwald

Mary Duenwald was an editor at Bloomberg Opinion and a member of the editorial board covering health care and the environment.

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The first reports about President Obama'sclimate speech today were all about the one thing not part of his "climate action plan": the Keystone XL pipeline.

As if to ward off criticism for not including the controversial project, Obama said, "Our energy strategy . . . has to be about more than just building one pipeline."