hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Keystone XL pipeline green lit by U.S. State Dept report
hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Keystone XL pipeline green lit by U.S. State Dept report
Washington - In a report released today the United States State department has found that the Keystone XL pipeline would not significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.However,the project has yet to be fully approved by President Barack Obama.
With the release of this report the controversial pipeline is one step closer to reality for the $7 billion mega-project which is touted to provide much needed jobs for both Americans and Canadians as well as ensure energy independence for North America. Today's decision from the State Department is welcome news to the Canadian federal government which is heavily invested in ensuring the delivery of the bitumen from the Alberta tar sands to refineries in the U.S. along the 1,800 long kilometre pipeline.
"This is the fifth federal study on the environmental impact of the Keystone pipeline."said Canada's Minister of Resources Joe Oliver in a news conference earlier today .
"Each previous one has stated that building Keystone XL would not adversely affect the environment. Today's report confirms once again this result, including no appreciable impact on greenhouse gases."The Canadian federal government under Prime Minister Stephen Harper has spent over $16 million in an advertising and public relations blitz to try and lobby the United States to approve the gigantic project as illustrated in the following advertisement below. There has also been much opposition to the pipeline as reported in Digital Journal. Among the many who are displeased with the pipeline are Neil Young whose recent Honor the Treaties tour is helping to finance aboriginal resistance to the pipeline.
hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Keystone XL pipeline green lit by U.S. State Dept report