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What's the Cost of Blocking the Keystone Pipeline?
In the long run, environmentalists risk losing more than they won in their fight against the Keystone pipeline.
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As climate-change activists wait for the State Department's environmental analysis on the Keystone XL pipeline, it's worth considering what the movement has gained from this debate -- and what it risks losing.
For environmentalists, Keystone has been a godsend: a cause to rally the troops, a poster child for corporate indifference to the planet and a warning that environmentalists still have the political strength to delay, and maybe scuttle, the most cherished plans of the energy industry.