Posted on 04/22/2014 12:59:11 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A top labor union blasted the Obama administration on Friday over what it described as a nakedly political decision to once again delay a decision on the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Terry OSullivan, general president of the Laborers International Union of America (LIUNA), called the move gutless and a low blow to the working men and women of our country.
LIUNA is also a strong supporter of innovative oil and gas extraction techniques such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling that are helping to produce record amounts of oil in blue collar areas of the country that have struggled economically in recent decades.
The shale became a lifesaver and a lifeline for a lot of working families, Dennis Martire, LIUNAs mid-Atlantic regional manager, told the Associated Press.
Pipeline projects in Pennsylvania and West Virginia that carry oil from the Marcellus shale formation are large sources of work for LIUNA members in the area, Martire said. Members of the union worked 5.7 million hours on those projects in 2012, up from 400,000 hours in 2008, the AP reported.
It has created more work for our business. Theres jobs here for the first time in many, many years. Legitimate, good-paying jobs, one Pittsburgh-area contractor said of the fracking-induced oil boom, according to the AP.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
The Rand Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, estimates that 30 to 60 percent of the oil shale in the Green River Formation can be recovered. At the midpoint of this estimate, almost half of the 3 trillion barrels of oil would be recoverable. This is an amount about equal to the entire world's proven oil reserves. ...
As they were signing up new Democrats “Union Hammers Obama for Gutless Keystone XL Delay.” Phonies!!!!!!!!!! They make me sick!
Poor Terry O’Sullivan. He actually trusted a Marxist. Ain’t it just a bitch when you think the Chief Communist in Charge doesn’t think YOUR socialist run union is just not worthy, oh say, like SEIU that gets anything on it’s wish list.
Someone find O’Sullivan’s email address and let’s inundate him with emails with the subject line “OBAMA SCREWS UNION, KILLS KEYSTONE - LOL”
Meh..if it’s going to employ an bunch of Union shitheads then keep it canceled. Let them suffer some more and join the suffering club with the rest of us. Enjoy it bastards!!
He’s just doing what his rich, one-percenter donors told him to do.
Hey! Union dumbass! He said ‘NO!!!!!’ for about the 500th time! Get an effin’ clue! The answer is ‘no.’” Now, shut up and go vote Democrat.
It isn’t oil.
It cannot be recovered at the same price as oil.
There has been more research and pilot projects since the Rand Study.
Shell is one of the best, they have spent decades trying to make it economical to produce.
http://www.shell.us/aboutshell/projects-locations/mahogany.html
Oh yeah sure only your stupid study is right the one I found is not right . LOL . NOT. i don’t read anything i do my own research. Obama and the gov are not allowing the development of most of the government lands over 1/3 of the land of the USa mY post stands. your post just helps Obama. i don’t believe a thousand global warming scientists and I’m not going to believe some anonymous internet poster.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/energy/item/11387-the-green-river-formation-worlds-largest-oil-shale-deposits
The Green River Formation an assemblage of over 1,000 feet of sedimentary rocks that lie beneath parts of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming contains the world’s largest deposits of oil shale. USGS [U.S. Geological Survey] estimates that the Green River Formation contains about 3 trillion barrels of oil, and about half of this may be recoverable, depending on available technology and economic conditions.
The Rand Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, estimates that 30 to 60 percent of the oil shale in the Green River Formation can be recovered. At the midpoint of this estimate, almost half of the 3 trillion barrels of oil would be recoverable. This is an amount about equal to the entire world’s proven oil reserves. ...
go bother some body else . I don’t care what you say or post . I don’t read it
Why don’t you actual read the Rand study? It has an excutive summary that is not that hard to understand.
Let me know if you need a link. I’ve posted it here on Free Republic several times over the years.
The votes of union workers are one reason he currently occupies the White House. So as far as I am concerned, they can cry, cry, cry.
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