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We may have lucked out as

Michael Maiello — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:34:07 +0000

We may have lucked out as TransCanada has overreached on eminent domain claims to get access to the land it needs. This undercuts support for the project with the very conservatives who are its base. Just a few days ago the House passed legislation meant to discourage Kelo-style eminent domain takings, but exempted Keystone from the legislation. That's not going to fly. A Canadian company kicking Texans and Nebraskans out of their homes? Where's the Tea Party when you need them?

Clinton: Build Keystone

Donal — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:13:15 +0000

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Clinton: Build Keystone Pipeline on Alternative Route

Former President Bill Clinton took a stand between Democrats and Republicans on the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline Wednesday. At an energy conference in Maryland, he said the pipeline should be constructed, but he blamed the system’s builder, TransCanada, for the fact that it hasn’t been built yet, Politico reports.

"One of the most amazing things to me about this Keystone pipeline deal is that they ever filed that route in the first place, since they could have gone around the Nebraska Sandhills and avoided most of the dangers, no matter how imagined, to the Ogallala [aquifer] with a different route,” Clinton said.

The alternative route likely will be utilized now, “because the extra cost of running is infinitesimal compared to the revenue that will be generated over a long period of time," he said, according to Politico. "So, I think we should embrace it and develop a stakeholder-driven system of high standards for doing the work."

I frankly wonder the same

Donal — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:15:14 +0000

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I frankly wonder the same thing, but I can't help but reflect that I am still part of the problem that feeds the forces that push Obama to approve this pipeline.

In light of this story, which

HSG — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:58:34 +0000

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In light of this story, which frankly breaks my heart, and as I watch my children's world grow ever hotter, dirtier, uglier, and less biodiverse, I keep asking myself how much water should I carry for Obama when his only argument is that his opponents are that much worse than he is.

They are pushing for fracking

Donal — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:21:23 +0000

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They are pushing for fracking in Western MD based on jobs, too.

Keeping the pipeline away

Elusive Trope — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:06:19 +0000

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Keeping the pipeline away from the Ogallala Aquifer may be about the best we can hope for at this point.

To the extent that I have followed this story, it would seem that was always the most anyone could hope for. Had it not been for the aquifer issue, the pipeline would have been a done deal by now. I haven't seen any other issue about the pipeline that would have the ability to override not only the big oil company support but the push from the public for the jobs the pipeline would create.