For you to say that "has nothing to do with it" basically says that you really don't care what happens environmentally and how such changes can negatively affect millions or even billions of others.
And Obama simply did not "stifle" it as there was expansion under his administration. Also, he and most climate scientists believe that we need to move faster to renewable energy sources, which actually creates more domestic jobs than do the carbon-based sources. To "stall", but not necessarily stop, exploration in the Arctic should be done, imo, because of the delicateness of that eco-system.
Also, Keystone sprung a significant leak this last summer, and if you were an Amerindian depending on the water drawn from the aquifer that the pipeline runs over, would you be so calloused?
Again, I'm not stating nor implying that we should stop drilling altogether, only that we really need to be cautious about it and have concern for people who may be negatively affected. Is that really too much to ask?