Canada pipeline hangs in the balance

US President Barack Obama to make decision on oil pipeline, which environmentalists say will accelerate climate change.

A proposed pipeline between Canada’s oil sands and US refineries on the Gulf of Mexico has faced stiff opposition from environmentalists. 

They say production of vast petroleum reserves will accelerate climate change.

Canada ranks third in terms of the world’s proven crude oil reserves, just after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

Al Jazeera’s Daniel Lak reports from Canada.

Source: Al Jazeera