Sanders faults pro-pipeline vote in Senate

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, criticized a committee vote Wednesday that lends support to the construction of a pipeline for tar-sands oil from Alberta to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico.

The 12-10 vote by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is advisory; the pipeline's fate will ultimately be decided by President Obama.

In a written statement, Sanders termed the proposed pipeline a conduit for "the dirtiest oil imaginable" due to the destructive nature of its extraction.

Endorsing the pipeline's construction, he added, "would send a signal that the United States is unwilling to lead the way toward reversing global warming."

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