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[00:00.36]President Barack Obama has rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline project. 
[00:07.16]The project involved building a 1,900-kilometer oil pipeline 
[00:13.20]to transport Canadian crude oil to southeastern U.S. states. 
[00:18.92]Obama made his decision after the U.S. State Department 
[00:23.00]reviewed the proposed project. 
[00:25.80]The review said the project "would not serve the national interest 
[00:30.20]of the United States.
[00:32.44]The decision is considered a victory for environmentalists. 
[00:37.68]The announcement comes ahead of a United Nations conference 
[00:41.30]on climate change in Paris. 
[00:44.44]The conference begins on Nov. 30. 
[00:48.08]There, Obama is expected to urge nations 
[00:52.04]to adopt stronger measures to help reduce global warming.  
[00:56.88]Obama said building the Keystone XL pipeline 
[01:01.64]would not make a "meaningful, long-term contribution" 
[01:05.48]to America's economy. 
[01:08.12]He also said it would not lower gas prices 
[01:11.64]for consumers and would not increase U.S. energy security. 
[01:17.04]The pipeline would have transported more than 800,000 barrels per day 
[01:22.32]from the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. 
[01:26.08]TransCanada was the company behind the plan. 
[01:30.40]Many Republican lawmakers supported the construction of the pipeline. 
[01:35.56]They argued it would create jobs, reduce oil prices,  
[01:40.12]and reduce America's dependency on foreign oil. 
[01:45.16]Leaders of the Republican-controlled Congress reacted strongly to the announcement. 
[01:51.00]House Speaker Paul Ryan called the move "sickening" and "just wrong."  
[01:57.80]Many Democrats, including presidential candidate 
[02:01.32]Bernie Sanders, applauded the decision.  
[02:05.24]The president said his administration has aimed to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil 
[02:11.48]and increase its use of clean energy. 
[02:15.48]He said those efforts show the world 
[02:18.60]that the U.S. is a global leader on the environment. 
[02:22.70]America is "leading by example," he said, 
[02:26.84]and approving the Keystone XL pipeline 
[02:30.00]"would have undercut this global leadership." 
[02:33.56]Newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 
[02:37.12]supported the pipeline project. 
[02:39.72]He voiced his disappointment in Obama's decision, 
[02:42.96]but said the Canada-U.S. relationship is "much bigger than any one project." 
[02:49.56]I'm Jonathan Evans.