Fate of Canadian pipeline in Texas still uncertain

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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 4:00 am | Updated: 10:49 am, Sun Jul 24, 2011.

Fate of Canadian pipeline in Texas still uncertain By Glenn Evans [e-mail] Longview News-Journal | 0 comments

The Texas leg of a 2,000-mile pipeline from Canada remains the subject of a tug-of-war between proponents and environmentalists.

If approved by federal regulators, the Keystone XL pipeline being laid by TransCanada will bring so-called tar sand oil from Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The first two phases of the project carry the product as far as Cushing, Okla., with the third phase planned to complete the Canadian connection.

The proposed line cuts through northeast Wood, southwest Upshur, east Smith and southwest Rusk counties.

http://www.news-journal.com/business/local_business/article_5908434d-0b65-5601-92d9-c10fc002bead.html

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1. Eh, what could go wrong?

[sonias]

2. You got it!

“We have not received an official word from the State Department,” he said. “I just sort of anticipate, based on history, that there will be at least one public meeting in Texas. I don’t know where, don’t know when.”

Daniel, who lives in the pipeline’s proposed path south of Winnsboro, cited a State Department analysis that he says acknowledges the company’s leak detection system has a high threshold.

As many as 1.7 million gallons could spill before TransCanada’s detection system prompts a response, Daniel said. He said the company has denied his request for information regarding leak detection.

A landowner in North Dakota reported a May 7 spill that spewed 21,000 gallons in a 60-foot geyser before the company acted, Daniel said.

Corporations have such little concern for lives. Their bottom lines are all they care about. :grr: