Posted on 04/21/2014 11:34:08 AM PDT by rickmichaels
The president and CEO of TransCanada had some harsh words Monday after another process delay was announced by the U.S. Department of State for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
“We are extremely disappointed and frustrated with yet another delay,” Russ Girling said in a statement released Monday.
“American men and women will miss out on another construction season where they could have worked to build Keystone XL and provided for their families.
“We feel for them.”
The Department of State (DOS) announced last week it will seek input from eight federal agencies to determine whether the project meets National Interest Determination.
After first asking for the views by May, that timeline is now being extended, according to the DOS, due to potential impacts of a Nebraska Supreme Court ruling which could affect the pipeline route.
“Another delay is inexplicable,” said Girling.
“The first leg of our Keystone pipeline began shipping oil to refineries outside of St. Louis in 2010.
“It is about the same length of pipe as Keystone XL, carries the same oil and also crosses the 49th parallel.
“It took just 21 months to study and approve. After more than 2,000 days, five exhaustive environmental reviews and over 17,000 pages of scientific data, Keystone XL continues to languish.”
Girling said the Keystone pipeline has safely delivered more than 600 million barrels of crude oil to U.S. refineries.
“We are also disappointed the United States will continue to rely on regimes that are fundamentally opposed to American values for the 8 to 9 million barrels of oil that is imported every day,” he said.
“A stable, secure supply of oil from Canada and from the U.S. makes better sense and I am sure a majority of Americans agree.”
A notice of appeal was filed in February by the Nebraska attorney general, which Girling said should mean that the route evaluated by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and approved by the governor remains in effect.
“Our view remains that the current 90-day National Interest Determination process that is now underway should not be impacted by the Nebraska lower court ruling since the approved re-route remains valid during appeal,” he said.
Failure to get Keystone XL going could result in environmental damage, said Girling.
“North American oil production is up dramatically and will continue to rise,” he said.
“That means without Keystone more oil will be shipped by rail and by barge.
“As the State Department concluded in its recent Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement not approving Keystone XL will lead to higher GHG’s (greenhouse gas emissions) through other oil transportation options and greater public risk.
“Not building Keystone XL is a lose, lose, lose scenario any way you look at it.”
Canada needs to stop playing the fools game with Obama and build the infrastructure to ship their oil to China which will burn it without any of the environmental safeguards already in effect in the US. The net effect will be a great increase in world pollution, but the US enviros will feel good about themselves.
...I think I see your problem right there Chief.
Canada has been our best friend and biggest trading partner for 200 years. obama even screwed that up.
Like a kid playing around with the peas and potatoes on his dinner plate; mommy removes the plate and he goes hungry. Sometimes you have to be taught a lesson even if you are as incompetent as Obama.
I was thinking something along the same line but with a different outcome. I believe the Candians and the various states involved should authorize construction on the project but leave the section at the border incomplete and then on an appointed day, complete those unfinished segments and defy the President to do something about it.
Most people aren't aware of the Energy chapter of NAFTA. Under NAFTA, the US is guaranteed a proportionate access to Canadian oil, gas, and electricity. Once we sell you a certain amount of any energy; the only way we can cut back those sales is to cut back our own domestic sales by the same percentage.
That chapter was the price Reagan set, for the U.S. signing on to NAFTA. It was a major win for Reagan and the U.S.A. -- a win, you're now throwing away, because it cuts both ways. If the U.S. chooses not to buy some Canadian energy, then the obligations are reduced by that amount. Once the Northern Gateway pipeline is built, that amount of oil is lost to the U.S.A. for an indefinite period of time (perhaps forever).
JUST BUILD THE DAMN THING!
WHAT’S HE GOING TO DO, SEND IN FEDERAL TROOPS TO STOP YOU?
If you need to pass a bill to find out what is in it then it would seem we need to build the pipeline so we can study it’s effects.
Actually he will. Obama hates anyone or any country that is not thuggish and/or leftist. So yes he will fight Canada while he props up every Muslim dictatorship he can find. Obama will fight and kill given the correct enemy. Remember his proposed domestic security force?
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