FOX NEWS POLL: Voters want Obama to sign bill approving Keystone - FOX NEWS POLL: Voters expect GOP Congress to win more often than Obama - FOX NEWS POLL: Obama gets low marks for fighting Islamic extremists

Most Americans of all political stripes support construction of the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, and want President Obama to sign legislation approving it, according to a new Fox News poll. 

The pipeline would transport oil from Canada to refineries in the United States. 

A 65-percent majority says Obama should sign the Keystone legislation, according to the poll.  That includes 82 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents and 52 percent of Democrats. 

Click here to view full results of the poll (pdf)

Overall, only 22 percent of voters think the president should veto it — which he has threatened to do.

The U.S. House passed a bill approving the pipeline Friday.  The Senate is now considering Keystone legislation, but there won’t be a final vote this week.

Support for Keystone has held steady for years:  68 percent of voters backed it at the end of 2014, 70 percent in 2013 and 67 percent in 2012.

Here again, support comes from more than half of Democrats, most independents and almost all Republicans. 

The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 1,018 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) from January 11-13, 2015. The full poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

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Wheatley wants NRCA board sacked for approving of Negril breakwater project

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 | 6:54 PM    

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on the Environment, Dr Andrew Wheatley, has called for the sacking of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority’s (NRCA) board of directors following an announcement that they granted approval for two “highly controversial” off-shore breakwaters to be built in the Long Bay area of Negril, Westmoreland.

The NRCA board is chaired by former People’s National Party’s (PNP) MP, John Junor and comprises directors including Dr Carol Archer and PNP Councillor Kari Douglas.

According to Wheatley, the NRCA Board’s decision runs counter to its mandate, which is to provide for the management, conservation and protection of the natural resources of Jamaica. He noted that the NRCA did not sufficiently take into account the views of members of the Negril community and experts here and overseas who have “consistently, loudly and factually” rubbished the breakwater proposal.

He said beyond that, Negril stakeholders have put forward serious proposals that are less expensive, more effective and environmentally friendly.

Wheatley, in a release Tuesday afternoon, restated the Opposition’s position that beach nourishment is the preferred approach to rehabilitating the Negril shoreline. The Opposition spokesman said he has no choice but to “seriously question the government’s motives in its mad rush to pursue what is a dubious, risky and very expensive plan.”

He said that among his main concerns are the absence of a comprehensive Economic Impact study into the effects of pursuing the highly technical and disruptive project that the Government says will run for several months.

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Wheatley wants NRCA board sacked for approving of Negril breakwater project