Commentary Center for American Progress on Keystone XL Pipeline Permit: It Is Not in National Interest, Nor in Humanity’s Interest by Gary Kopycinski on August 29, 2011 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2011. Today, the Center for American Progress issued the following statement on the Keystone XL pipeline permit: