In November, the Obama administration decided to delay a decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline to bring tar sands from Canada to the United States. But in December, Republicans attached a provision to a tax bill, which President Obama signed, that urges the administration to decide on the pipeline within 60 days, by Feb. 21. This will probably lead to cancellation of the project, sources in the administration told the New York Times.

If the pipeline is approved, some environmental groups say they’ll sue—but if it is cancelled, the company proposing the pipeline, TransCanada, will probably reapply.

Meanwhile, Jack Gerard, the President of the American Petroleum Institute (API), said if President Obama does