Tar Sands pipeline

[dellinger63]

Everyone knows the ND-SD-NE-KS-OK-TX corridor is America's forest. Well maybe not?

Farmers/ranchers, by large, are VERY protective of their land. I'd listen to them.

[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.

[Riot]

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

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Everyone knows the ND-SD-NE-KS-OK-TX corridor is America's forest. Well maybe not?

No, they are talking about the Canadian forests they are destroying. The oil sands are in Canada. Canada won't let them build a pipeline to get to west or east coasts. So the private company wants us to allow them to build a pipeline through the US.

Farmers/ranchers, by large, are VERY protective of their land. I'd listen to them.

Alot of them are saying no way.