President Barack Obama Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that is a top priority for congressional Republicans and a touchstone issue for environmentalists and the nation’s booming energy industry. The bill would have authorized Canadian company TransCanada Corp. to construct the 1,179-mile pipeline, which has been under review by the Obama administration for more than six years. The bill, which declared the pipeline to have satisfied environmental laws, passed the GOP-controlled Congress earlier this year. White House officials said in early January that Mr. Obama would veto the legislation because it would have bypassed a continuing review process at the State Department, which has authority over cross-border pipelines like Keystone. Mr. Obama vetoed the legislation, not […]