With Keystone XL nixed, Alberta tar sands oil could be headed in our direction

The rejection by President Obama of the Keystone XL caused environmental groups to celebrate as if there is no tomorrow, and filled reporters’ e-mail boxes with self-satisfaction and self-praise from green groups and their leasers. But there is a tomorrow. Thirty-four oil tankers a month would pass Patos Island, part of the new San Juan Islands National Monument, if Canada’s Kinder Morgan pipeline project goes ahead. Joshua Trujillo/Seattle P-I file) The 800,000 barrels a day of Albe