Chairperson Senator Barbara Boxer states her extreme disapproval of the Keystone yesterday. She said that the pipeline will not benefit our country; instead it will mainly benefit Canada. Also she thinks it to be outrageous that a country coming out of a recession would consider approving of an expensive project that will only create 35 permanent jobs. There is also concern for the environment and the health of the American people as the tar sands flowing through the pipeline will pollute the air and cause asthma and carbon dioxide pollution. She promotes the highway bill for it will create millions of jobs and help boost our economy.
The statement Senator Boxer released did not go into much detail, but she, as the head of the Environmental Committee, should know her stuff. It seemed that she had absolutely nothing positive to say about the keystone pipeline and it makes me doubt that it will be a good cause for our country. I side with Senator Boxer when she says the highway bill should be promoted if it will truly create millions of jobs.
The link to Senator Boxer's statement is below:
http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Majority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=8fbf41ec-00e8-f685-17d5-965a3588bb3c
It really grinds my gears when Senators and Representatives bash the pipeline for environmental threats, when most of the states that the pipeline is actually going through are all for the pipeline. I support both projects as they will both help our economy. Another good thing about the pipeline, hopefully coupled with the lifting of the ban on crude oil exports, is that it will allow us to ship oil to our allies who are currently dependent on Russian sources.
ReplyDeleteStates that will not even be directly affected by the pipeline are the ones that do not want the pipeline to pass. I hate politics and people just really bother me sometimes. Most of them probably do not even know most of the facts.
ReplyDeleteMultiple environmental impact reports have been done and filed over the last 4 years. This is dumb. There are thousands of miles of pipeline already in the US. Keystone is political. It's stupid to try to make it an environmental issue.
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