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Originally Posted by Danzig

i looked up the subject, the wash post article i read said the state dept study claims this would have a minimal impact on the environment. seems to me that this is probably a done deal.

Let's hope not. That "environmental impact" is only for the pipeline running underground through the US - with zero reference to any possible leakage through the aquafier.

And the "it will help our US oil needs" is false. Read this:

The Keystone XL Pipeline: Oil for Export, Not for U.S. Energy Security
Industry Documents Reveal Scheme to Reach Lucrative Markets Abroad
http://priceofoil.org/2011/08/31/rep...ne-xl-exposed/

The top NASA climate scientist got arrested at the protests over this, explains the environmental impact on climate change, the Canadian boreal forests and the US major Ogallala aquafier in the midwest:

http://solveclimatenews.com/news/201...en-white-house