"Because ultimately, if we're going to prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we're going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them and release more dangerous pollution into the sky," he said. In that context, he said Firday, the U.S. Obama will join other world leaders in Paris for a United Nations conference on climate change. The rejection of the pipeline comes just three weeks before Mr.
"Frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership and that is the biggest risk that we face - not acting."
"America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change," he said. Obama on Friday forcefully argued that its economic impact would be marginal - and not worth the harm it would cause in the ongoing discussion over climate change. Even as the evolving energy sector made the project's significance and impact on the economy increasingly questionable, its supporters in Congress insisted it remained an important part of a comprehensive energy policy.
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