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09-30-2011, 12:53 AM
Here we go again, arguing over whether we should allow the construction of a new oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. The much needed crude would greatly lessen the pressure on the US to import oil from OPEC and create thousands of permanent jobs and thousands of construction jobs.
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NATIONAL INTEREST
The State Department will hold a series of meetings beginning late next month in the five states the pipeline would pass through before making a final decision on the line.
The State Department also will now begin to assess whether the pipeline is in the "national interest" of the United States.
With the construction and maintenance jobs the pipeline would bring and the potential of the line to reduce oil imports from countries that are not always friendly to Washington, that review was not expected to be a major hurdle.
The environmental review said the pipeline itself "is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands," because other transportation systems would likely bring the oil to markets if the Keystone XL is not built. China is also interested in the oil, and one day a pipeline could be built to Canada's western coast for exports to Asia, if the Keystone line were not built.
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LINK--- http://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-edges-closer-...10575.html
How in the name of common sense could there even be a basis for debate?
ARTICLE EXCERPT---
NATIONAL INTEREST
The State Department will hold a series of meetings beginning late next month in the five states the pipeline would pass through before making a final decision on the line.
The State Department also will now begin to assess whether the pipeline is in the "national interest" of the United States.
With the construction and maintenance jobs the pipeline would bring and the potential of the line to reduce oil imports from countries that are not always friendly to Washington, that review was not expected to be a major hurdle.
The environmental review said the pipeline itself "is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands," because other transportation systems would likely bring the oil to markets if the Keystone XL is not built. China is also interested in the oil, and one day a pipeline could be built to Canada's western coast for exports to Asia, if the Keystone line were not built.
END OF EXCERPT
LINK--- http://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-edges-closer-...10575.html
How in the name of common sense could there even be a basis for debate?
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