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11. Canada may not build Keystone

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 06:43 PM

Nov 2014

Keystone XL Dies Quietly As Canada Approves Alternate Proposal
Author: Nathaniel Downes October 14, 2014 12:14 pm

In what may be the death knell for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, the Canadian government of Stephen Harper has approved a purely Canadian pipeline to transport the Alberta tar sands to ships waiting to send it overseas. By eliminating the pipeline which would run across the nations largest aquifer, the environmental concerns raised over Keystone XL would evaporate immediately. It handily avoids the aquifers in Canada to boot, being east of the Paskapoo Formation in Alberta, running north of the Oak Ridges Moraine Aquifer System near Toronto, and ending before reaching the Annapolis-Cornwallis Valley Aquifers in Nova Scotia. Clearly, TransCanada has learned from its mistakes in the handling of Keystone XL.

The name of this Keystone XL killer pipeline? Energy East.

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House Vote in Favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline an Act of War [View all] peoli Nov 2014 OP

I stand with them. They are true warriors larkrake Nov 2014 #1

Same here. polichick Nov 2014 #2

Add me to the list. Kath1 Nov 2014 #30

We get the tar sands pollution only to pile on them.Means the end of our planet. bjobotts Nov 2014 #38

I agree. Kath1 Nov 2014 #41

As do I. F4lconF16 Nov 2014 #6

me too. ^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2014 #51

Count me in! joshdawg Nov 2014 #45

+ another Scuba Nov 2014 #58

Good for them! The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2014 #3

It is an act of war. Obama must stand with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Autumn Nov 2014 #4

The Native American need no further tutoring on the fact that the US government speaks with 1monster Nov 2014 #5

word! nt G_j Nov 2014 #8

excellent response heaven05 Nov 2014 #7

First inhabitants Thespian2 Nov 2014 #9

I remember when Ed Schultz was covering this for months during the spring BumRushDaShow Nov 2014 #10

Canada may not build Keystone martigras Nov 2014 #11

Good DonCoquixote Nov 2014 #13

Why don't they take the shortest route = west? femmocrat Nov 2014 #14

The route east is relatively flat Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #16

That is what I assumed, but you never know. femmocrat Nov 2014 #17

Concerns about tanker traffic off the inside passage, too daleo Nov 2014 #28

Oh - the Canadian First Nations ("Idle No More") have done incredible work on this issue. Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #31

The fight against that route is as fierce as the fight against Keystone... Spazito Nov 2014 #18

Cuz the Koch bros wouldn't make tens of billions from it. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #34

Winner BrotherIvan Nov 2014 #64

Or to Hudsons Bay, ie Churchill, Manitoba. Shorter and downhill, and very low population density. Electric Monk Nov 2014 #40

So, won't this make any vote... ReRe Nov 2014 #29

Get out of the business of selling oil? Legalequilibrium78 Nov 2014 #36

Thank you! ReRe Nov 2014 #37

I'll just quote your statement back at you... blackspade Nov 2014 #54

I may be the map version of a grammar nazi, but isn't Toronto a bit misplaced in that map? NBachers Nov 2014 #42

Gateway is nearly done for too arikara Nov 2014 #65

Love it!!!!!!!!!!! ~nt RiverLover Nov 2014 #12

When Elizabeth Warren leads her Democratic party in the vote, it's going to be interesting... wyldwolf Nov 2014 #15

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #46

People on DU are now saying Warren has 'assumed control' of the Dem party wyldwolf Nov 2014 #49

Here's another article - and Rosebud Sioux Tribe Website LiberalElite Nov 2014 #19

Acts pf HIGH Treason. father founding Nov 2014 #52

I also stand with them! n/t Duval Nov 2014 #20

I Stand with the Rosebud Sioux People! handmade34 Nov 2014 #21

I stand with the Native Americans! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #22

A hearty K&R! Owl Nov 2014 #23

K & R for the Rosebud Sioux! mountain grammy Nov 2014 #24

I support the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. tclambert Nov 2014 #25

Gonna have to fight the DEMS, and probably Obama too! They're all owned by the 1%, or on loan, blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #26

I am on the Rosebud Sioux's side on this. bravenak Nov 2014 #27

I'd love to see a campaign started in support of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe davidpdx Nov 2014 #32

One more obama war. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #33

K&R DeSwiss Nov 2014 #35

Touche! midnight Nov 2014 #50

k&r... spanone Nov 2014 #39

What a horrible betrayal!! Is there a list of Dems who supported this? sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #43

People of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, defacto7 Nov 2014 #44

A protest? They have... reACTIONary Nov 2014 #66

These Sovereign Nation Issues Involving Native Peoples LarryNM Nov 2014 #47

Mahalo Rosebud Sioux Tribe! We're behind You! Cha Nov 2014 #48

They have my support. blackspade Nov 2014 #53

Sing it fadedrose Nov 2014 #55

What they gona fight with? Subversion? lonestarnot Nov 2014 #56

War? If only they would it would be a great lesson for the right wing loonies to watch and see how Township75 Nov 2014 #57

They cannot because the actions against them are not "peaceful protest", even if that is their TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #59

So each use of eminent domain is an act of war? Township75 Nov 2014 #60

Risk or destruction of water supply is every time, the threat is existential in nature. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #61

Why not just... reACTIONary Nov 2014 #67

YES turbinetree Nov 2014 #62

Possible problem with NAFTA overriding Tribal Rights though.... glinda Nov 2014 #63