22 House Dems Urge Obama to okay Keystone XL Pipeline

[truebrit71]

Source: market wire

WASHINGTON, D.C.--(Marketwire - Oct. 19, 2011) - TransCanada Corporation
today announced that a group of twenty-two Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives urged U.S. President Barack Obama in a letter to ensure that the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline project is issued because of the project's economic, energy and national security benefits.

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Read more: http://www.transcanada.com/docs/Key_Projects/democratic_support_keystone.pdf

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Spill baby, spill!!!

[aquart]

1. Idiots.

I'm guessing no spill will ever occur on property they own?

[ixion]

8. They'll just get their water from BushCo

while the rest of us drink toxic sludge. :(

[BadgerKid]

2. Hmmm... direct or indirect financial gain, perhaps? n/t

[Myrina]

3. Yep, for anyone who naively believes the Koch's only control Repugs ...

... this should be proof positive that their hands are up asses on both sides of the aisle.

[KamaAina]

4. Mostly DINOs, of course

Altmire. Lipinski. Green. Boren.

But Sheila Jackson-Lee?! :wtf: I guess even a progressive from Houston has to dance to Big Oil's tune. :eyes:

[laylah]

9. My exact reaction!

Her, of all people????????? Unbelievable!

[Poll_Blind]

5. Another great example why Americans are out ont he streets on a cold night, protesting.

PB

[SoapBox]

6. More DINO's????

We need to replace them with TRUE Democrats / Progressives / Liberals and hopefully OWS candidates.

[KamaAina]

15. You mean like Sheila Jackson-Lee?

She signed on to the letter, no doubt at the behest of Houston-based Big Oil. :eyes:

[reformist2]

7. This one is a done deal. With unemployment at 15%, beggars can't be choosers.

[rhett o rick]

11. So you are saying we should do it for the jobs? nm

[lunasun]

16. thats the line being toted now

there are multiple Cornell U studies on the job impact falsehood
Original pipeline estimate 3-4000 jobs . Now , 600,000!! BS total BS

"The industry's U.S. job claims, and even the State Department's analysis, are linked to a $7 billion Keystone XL project budget. However, the budget for Keystone XL that will have a bearing on U.S. jobs figures is dramatically lower – only around $3 to $4 billion. A lower budget means fewer jobs."

TransCanada and API's job projections also fail to consider the large number of jobs that could be lost by construction of Keystone XL, Sweeney said. This includes jobs lost due to consumers in the Midwest paying 10 to 20 cents more per gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel, as Keystone XL diverts oil from refineries in the Midwest to the Gulf region.

These additional fuel costs -- $2 to $4 billion -- will suppress other spending and cost jobs, he said. "Furthermore, pipeline spills, pollution and increased greenhouse gas emissions incur significant human health and economic costs, thus eliminating jobs."

Lara Skinner, associate director of research at the Cornell Global Labor Institute, said: "The company's claim that Keystone XL will create 20,000 direct construction and manufacturing jobs in the U.S. is unsubstantiated. There is strong evidence to suggest that a large portion of the primary material input for KXL – steel pipe- will not even be produced in the U.S."

Overall, she said, "Keystone XL could kill more jobs than it creates. There are alternatives to this kind of dirty energy that, if supported, could create large numbers of jobs in the emerging green economy."
this is from just one of the studies
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/092811_GLI_study_finds_Keystone_XL_pipeline_will_create_few_jobs.html

We must do this for the 'jobs' that is how they will repeal health and enviro back in the next few years and most all will fall for it
fear of terrorist gave us crap like patriot act
fear of job killing will pull back health and enviro regulations
What a nation of Pavlov dogs and dont get me wrong I love this country I was born in I just hate to see it dissolve like this

[proverbialwisdom]

23. See C-Span hearing where this was presented. Thank you for posting.

RECOMMENDED:

http://www.c-span.org/Events/State-Department-Hears-From-Public-on-Canada-US-Oil-Pipeline/10737424635/

Washington, DC
Friday, October 7, 2011

State Department Hears From Public on Canada-U.S. Oil Pipeline

State Department Meeting on Oil Pipeline: From Earlier (4:12:55): http://www.c-span.org/Events/State-Department-Hears-From-Public-on-Canada-US-Oil-Pipeline/10737424635/

State Department Meeting on Oil Pipeline (Part 2): From Earlier (2:17:54): http://www.c-span.org/Events/State-Department-Hears-From-Public-on-Canada-US-Oil-Pipeline/10737424635/


Today, the State Department held its final public meeting on the proposed oil pipeline between Canada and Texas. Supporters and opponents voiced their opinion about whether the President should grant a permit to build the pipeline.

The Keystone XL pipeline is a 1,700-mile 36-inch crude oil pipeline that would begin in Alberta, Canada and extend southeast through the U.S., eventually ending in Nederland, Texas. The pipeline's builders say it will provide "significant, positive contributions to U.S. energy security and the U.S. economy valued at over $20 billion."

Opponents of the pipeline include The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and seven other Nobel Peace Prize winners - they sent a letter to President Obama expressing their concern that if the pipeline leaks it could severely contaminate the drinking water of over two million people. Protests against the pipeline in Washington resulted in the arrests of over 1,200 people over the summer, making it what some protest organizers called the largest act of civil disobedience since the Vietnam War protests. The opponents' letter tells the President that rejecting the pipeline "provides a tremendous opportunity to begin (a) transition away from our dependence on oil, coal and gas and instead increase investments in renewable energies and energy efficiency."

The forum heard close to 70 people speak on the issue. Several similar meetings last week in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana had at least 1,000 people in attendance.

[piratefish08]

19. will it create enough jobs to replace the ones lost with last weeks trade deal?

this country is fucked.

[progressoid]

10. "national security benefits"

:eyes:

[stonecutter357]

12. get the money out of politics.

get the money out of politics.

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[999998th word]

14. Get the money out of politics. P.E.R.I.O.D.

[Swede Atlanta]

17. Who are they?

Run them out of town on a rail.........

[No Elephants]

18. Click on the link in the OP.

[No Elephants]

20. So, that's what, 22 out of 192?

Oooooo, impressive!

Should be zero, but we know there are DINOs, even in the House.

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. ...

:banghead: :argh:

[Odin2005]

22. Why did I just know that my DINO SOB Collin Peterson supports this bullshit?

:grr:

[n2doc]

24. And my DINO Barrow

Who, being from Georgia, won't see one job come from this in his district. But I'll bet he got a lot of dollars for his re-election fund.