Feature
April 2012, Vol. 239 No. 4
Real Reasons For Keystone Pipeline Permit Denial May Remain Unknown
Definition: <em>Scapegoat</em>, someone who is punished for the errors of others.
The environment is the scapegoat being used to deny the permitting needed for the final phases of the Keystone XL Pipeline, allowing nearly a million barrels per day (b/d) of additional crude to cross over from Canada into the United States.