No one is happy about Obama changing his mind on Keystone pipeline

After months of refusing to budge on approving construction of the Keystone pipeline, President Barack Obama finally gave in. You'd never know it.

Via MSNBC:

Environmentalists, for their part, oppose the pipeline because it promotes the expanded use of fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases tied to global warming. The activist group 350.org planned to make that case by protesting Obama's visit to Ohio State University later Thursday.

And on the other side...

Republicans dismissed Obama's move as a publicity stunt that made little difference to the timeline of the southern project or the problem of U.S. energy security. "He's taking credit for going forward on the only portion of the pipeline that he doesn't need to approve," said Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., at a press conference. "This is literally straddling both sides of the issue." Hoeven has led the charge in the Senate to pass legislation that would bypass the administration and approve the full pipeline.