The Los Angeles Times reports that the EPA...

The Los Angeles Times reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an assessment critical of an environmental impact review of the Keystone XL pipeline. In a letter to high level State Department officials overseeing the permit process, the EPA raises issues regarding greenhouse gas emissions and pipeline safety. The State Department review determined Keystone XL would have a minimal impact on the environment. The EPA’s assessment was anxiously awaited and could raise barriers to approval of the project. President Barack Obama said he would decide the fate of the pipeline by this summer. Keystone XL is to carry 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta’s Tar Sands down to the Gulf Coast for refining.