"underground water"
What a bunch of BS. The US has 168,000 MILES of petroleum product pipelines operating safely today. Nobody has as much stake in their safe and efficient operation as the publicly traded firms that own them.
Posted on 11/10/2011 2:52:56 PM PST by tobyhill
The Obama administration on Thursday said it was delaying a decision on the contested Keystone XL pipeline while it studies an alternate route through Nebraska, effectively pushing any action well past the 2012 election and into 2013.
The State Department, which announced the decision, has been reviewing the proposed project since 2008 to determine whether it is in the national interest.
“As a result of this process, particularly given the concentration of concerns regarding the environmental sensitivities of the current proposed route through the Sandhills area of Nebraska, the department has determined it needs to undertake an in-depth assessment of potential alternative routes in Nebraska,” the department said in a statement Thursday.
The proposed project by a Canadian pipeline company had put President Obama in a political vise, squeezed between the demand for secure energy sources and the thousands of jobs the project will bring, and the loud opposition of environmental advocates who have threatened to withhold electoral support next year if he approves it.
The $7 billion pipeline, which would run from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, has generated intense opposition from environmentalists and public officials in Nebraska, who claim that it threatens sensitive lands and underground water supplies along its 1,700-mile route. Critics also say that the heavy oil extracted from sand formations in Canada will add to global warming and extend American dependence on fossil fuels.
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Slight correction:
Regime is NOT delaying the decision. I repeat: NOT.
It has decided to cancel the pipeline, but will announce it AFTER the election, and just prior to Cain taking office.
Why does the state department have anything to do with this?
. . . after which, President Cain will approve the site.
Damn it, they outlawed tarring and feathering!
— present!
I don’t think Obama really wants us to have jobs, unless they’re obtained by taxing the crap out of millionaires.
PING!
I assume the state dept is involved in order to facilitate eminent domain seizures of private property for a foreign country (Canada).
After which case, the Senates 41 Dems will filibuster it and then tie it up in court for 4 years.
Seriously, this should be all the Republicans talk about for the next year. Nothing else, just this and the hundreds of thousands of UNION and non union jobs it will destroy.
I swear, if people in this country are still so f-ing stupid as to reelect this a-hole, then I honestly throw in the towel and give up hope.
Fox Liberal In The House- Bob Beckle was just told this on the Fox forum -The Five- and he was even surprised at this.
Due to environ-MENTAL concerns...
AFTER the election, and just prior to Cain taking office.
Herman should make this a really good campaign issue. He can let everyone know that the first thing he does is sign off on the pipeline.
So hear we have some ammo the GOP candidtaes can use, will they?
What a bunch of BS. The US has 168,000 MILES of petroleum product pipelines operating safely today. Nobody has as much stake in their safe and efficient operation as the publicly traded firms that own them.
It only took the Feds three years to decide to look at another route? Ya gotta love the way they operate. /sar
“The $7 billion pipeline, which would run from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast”
There has to be a better way.
Another perfect issue for the Republicans which they will ignore instead of pounding the message home on every talk show for weeks. Business as usual for Boehner and McConnell and the establishment.
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