Saturday, March 17, 2012

The environmental risks for the Keystone XL Pipeline are too high. There is no need for it.

There are refineries all over Canada that can receive North Dakota crude and Tar Sands crud.

There is also a refinery in North Dakota.  The Keystone Pipeline is about a very wealthy man from Oklahoma that wants to be wealthier at the cost of clear air, water and agricultural security for the USA. 

Hamm owns a one third interest in a pipeline company based near the headquarters of his own company in Oklahoma.  There is no need for it.  A spill in the center of the USA agricultural industry will put ethanol in jeopardy and the answer of our children for energy security for a long time if not forever.

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