This deal would also serve as an excellent template (& advertisement) for the financing & completion of other pipeline projects. (wexboy.wordpress.com)
A domestic oil boom means the US was relying less on oil imports, and the administration says other pipeline projects will allow it to get its own oil down to the refineries on the Gulf of Mexico: it doesn't need Keystone. (newscientist.com)
Like other pipeline projects, this one would create significant risk of oil spills, create few jobs, and provide little oil to Eastern Canada and do little to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, because most of it will be sold to the highest bidder and sent overseas. (dirtyoilsands.org)