APEC—Environment one, Keystone zero

Despite Stephen Harper’s 25-minute walk in the garden with Barack Obama during the recent APEC forum, the president was not dissuaded from his decision to conduct a thorough review of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project. Apparently he is unconvinced by our prime minister’s declaration that approval of the pipeline is a “no brainer.” Perhaps the president, as Harper suggests, is just