On this subject, a conservative reader sends me an article concerning the revived Keystone XL pipeline. From MSN/Money:
Nebraska regulators last November approved Keystone XL, a 1,180-mile-long (1,900-kilometer) extension of the existing Keystone Pipeline operated by TransCanada Corp.
However, the 3-2 vote in favor of expanding the pipeline followed a leak of 210,000 gallons of oil just days prior. That oil gushed from a section of Keystone in South Dakota before TransCanada cut off the flow. …
Proponents of the pipeline say it will lessen dependence on foreign oil while creating jobs. But environmental groups and many Americans — especially American Indians — remain furious about the project. Beyond the risk of spills, the project’s steep environmental costs also include the potential industrialization of 54,000 square miles of Alberta wilderness.
“The scale and severity of what’s happening in Alberta will make your spine tingle,” Robert Johnson, a former Business Insider correspondent, wrote after flying over the Canadian oil sands in May 2012.
What I found interesting is that a conservative reader sent it. It suggests that the future damage attributable to the pipeline through construction, maintenance, leaks, and supply to it bothers conservatives as well as liberals.
[h/t Bill C]
