| Obama unveils US energy policy blueprint | President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled a "blueprint for a clean and secure energy future" for the US that stresses alternative energies and the relatively clean fossil fuel of natural gas, and encourages greater energy efficiency.
However, the plan makes no mention of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, designed to carry oil from Canada's tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration is expected to approve it but has not done so yet, despite no impediments to construction remaining.
Republicans and the energy industry are eagerly awaiting signs of a decision on the pipeline, viewing it as a litmus test of the president's willingness to be more supportive of traditional energy sources.
The White House said that in his blueprint the president had put the US on a path to a cleaner and more secure energy future.
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