I have no problem with them shipping crude on the salt-water oceans, but the fresh-water Great Lakes is another issue. Still prefer pipelines.
We’re protective of our lakes. However the state and feds have a responsibility to ease the flow while encouraging safety.
People are still squealing about the Embridge spill but few mention the fact that the state hadn’t been doing the required inspections for years. Oil producers have to pay for state and federal inspectors in which case the states and feds have a bad habit of collecting the money and doing nothing.
Its kind of like the $20 billion we’ve paid the DOE to dispose of nuclear waste but they haven’t moved an ounce.
Obama can control pipelines—but not Canada’s shipping lanes.