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Now welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with clips today from Democracy

Now, The Young Turks, The David Pakman Show, The Atlantic, The Tom Hartman Program,

The Four of Flunders, and The National Sierra Club.

The environmental movement is celebrating one of its biggest victories to date.

President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

After years of review and one of the most vocal grassroots campaigns this country has seen

in decades, Obama announced Friday he will not allow Keystone on his watch.

The pipeline would have sent 830,000 barrels of crude every day from Alberta's oil sands

to refineries on the US Gulf Coast.

Defenders called it a boost to the economy in a gateway to cheaper gas prices, while opponents

warned of a devastating impact on the climate and the residents along its route.

In his remarks, President Obama initially appeared to cast himself in the middle of the

argument saying the issue has played a quote overinflated role in our political discourse.

He rejected supporters view that Keystone XL would help the economy, but also opponents

view that it would be a quote, express lane to climate disaster.

But then Obama showed which argument he is siding with.

Challenging the claims of Keystone backers, Obama said Keystone would not bring economic

growth lower gas prices or increase energy security.

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