I guess the coalition of the obstructionist environmentalists are starting to fray at the seams.
Five Democrats joined Republicans at a Capitol news conference to urge
President Barack Obama to approve the pipeline following a State
Department report last week that raised no major environmental
objections. The $7 billion pipeline would carry oil from tar sands in
western Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast. The project has
lingered for more than five years and has become a symbol of the
political debate over climate change.
What is hilarious about the Hollywood types against the pipeline is this fact.
Foes say the pipeline would carry "dirty oil" that contributes to global
warming. The State Department report says oil derived from tar sands in
Alberta generates about 17 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than
traditional crude. But the report makes clear that other methods of
transporting the oil — including rail, trucks and barges — would release
more greenhouse gases than the pipeline.
Those methods are also more likely to cause spills than an pipeline. There have been several rail disasters already in Canada trying to ship that oil out to the coast. I mean Canada is not going to stop drilling for this "dirty oil" anytime soon and will find a way to get it to a refinery.
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