A Novel Way to Fight the Keystone XL Pipeline

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2. I live in the Panhandle . . .

. . . so a spill or whatnot would not directly affect my water supply (which comes straight out of the ground) and the route a couple thousand feet lower than where I live. However, the rather fragile Ogallala Aquifer would be irreparably damaged with any significant spill, to say nothing of the pollution caused by burning this stuff.

It seems rather strange this Red State is pretty much the only opposition to the line. The Governor was opposed but made one of the most dramatic flip-flops in Nebraska political history http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/nebraska-governor-dave-heineman-keystone_n_2526818.html

There should be a steep political price for this line going through. Tearing down much cleaner wind and solar energy sources for this ought to cost Gov Heineman and President Obama (who claims he is all for renewable or clean energy sources). It seems odd that very conservative ranchers and farmers are aligned with ecologists and environmentalists, but they all have a common cause.