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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTransCanada is running an ad for the Keystone XL pipeline on DU.
It says the pipeline will transport oil safely, minimize environmental impact, and create jobs, among other things.
Actually none of these are true--as for impact on the environment, oil passing through the pipeline is dilbit, an especially dirty kind that when burned will contribute to climate change. And what guarantee will there be that the pipeline won't leak? As for jobs, the great majority will be temporary, lasting only as long as it takes the pipeline to be built.
I hope President Obama doesn't approve the pipeline.
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TransCanada is running an ad for the Keystone XL pipeline on DU. (Original Post)
Louisiana1976
Mar 2014
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williesgirl
(4,033 posts)1. skinner: please take it down
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,330 posts)2. Here's a photo from the inside of the pipeline:

So, yes, it will leak........
I hope he won't approve it either, but I suspect he will.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)3. 2 responses:
1) Great. Let them help pay to maintain a site filled with their enemies.
2) Get a star & the ad will go away (but they'll still be paying).
