For six years, the Obama administration has been "studying" whether or not to build the Keystone Pipeline.  Yesterday, the Senate tried to take matters into their own hands by voting on a bill that would have authorized the building of the pipeline, which would originate in Canada and run the length of the U.S. down to the Gulf of Mexico.  Estimates on the number of jobs that would be created vary, but the number most often cited is 42,000 construction jobs lasting two years.  That estimate comes from the TransCanada CEO.  Others – even some supporters of the pipeline – put the number at less than 5,000 jobs. No matter.  President Obama has said recently that he will approve the pipeline only if it doesn't contribute to CO2 emissions.  The State Department released a preliminary study last January that claimed that very little CO2 would be emitted.  But Obama is under massive pressure from greens not to build the...(Read Full Post)