Obama “Quietly” Vetoes Keystone by Nate Beeler

by Guest Contributor | Mar 1, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday | 0 comments

Associated Press: “The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly killing hundreds of people.”

President Obama Quietly Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline. Nate Beeler via PoliticalCartoons.com. Used with permission.

By Nate Beeler. PoliticalCartoons.com. Used with permission.

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Nate Beeler‘s profile via the The Columbus Dispatch:

Nate Beeler, the award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Dispatch, has earned the reputation of being both a top-flight artist and first-rate journalist. Formerly the cartoonist for the Washington Examiner, he won the 2009 Thomas Nast Award from the Overseas Press Club and the 2008 Berryman Award from the National Press Foundation, among other awards.

Beeler, 31, is a native of Bexley and earned a journalism degree at American University. His cartoons have appeared in such publications as Time, Newsweek and USA Today.

More Nate Beeler at PoliticalCartoons.com

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