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May 9, 2013

Activist: Biden Avowed Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline 
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An environmental activist is claiming that Vice President Joe Biden
personally told her he is "in the minority" inside the White House in
opposing approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Elaine Cooper says
she spoke to Biden at a public event in South Carolina last week.
Writing for the Sierra Club, Cooper said: "I asked him about the
administration’s commitment to making progress on climate and whether
the president would reject the pipeline. He looked at the Sierra Club
hat on my head, and he said, 'Yes, I do — I share your views
— but I am in the minority.'" The news led a coalition of
environmental groups to take out an ad reading: "Tell President Obama
and Secretary Kerry: Joe Biden is Right." An anonymous official in
Biden's office refused to directly comment on the reported exchange, but
said Biden's official position on the pipeline remains to await the
final results of a State Department review.

 

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