I just want to clarify for the record, people aren't against pipelines per se, and my opposition to the XL pipeline is not because it is a pipeline, but because of additional greenhouse gases that would be expended just to get that dirty tar sands oil ready to be put into a pipeline.
Waxman explains his opposition to the XL pipeline due to environmental concerns.
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