Obama’s “Forced” Keystone Decision Rejects Jobs, Energy, and Logic (1 Viewer)

[NCCommish]

And Obama should ignore the request. Kill it now.

 

[PIK95]

Sorry, has anyone mentioned that we would be building a giant terrorist target filled with oil that would raise our gas prices and cost us jobs?

We already have a target with the Alaska pipeline, albeit this one is longer. Also don't think Terrorists are too concerned with an environmental attack vrs. killing Americans. IMO

I feel like you might be picturing a particular brand of terrorist in your head when you say that.

Henry,

Here is a map of US pipelines (the big ones, there are many more smaller ones). Please explain why this particular pipeline would be worse than what we already have. TIA

How about none of the above? Not doing it at all is certainly the safest option.

Do we have any pipes in R.I.? I mean, besides crack and weed?

 

[Sand]

Sorry, has anyone mentioned that we would be building a giant terrorist target filled with oil that would raise our gas prices and cost us jobs?

We already have a target with the Alaska pipeline, albeit this one is longer. Also don't think Terrorists are too concerned with an environmental attack vrs. killing Americans. IMO

I feel like you might be picturing a particular brand of terrorist in your head when you say that.

Henry,

Here is a map of US pipelines (the big ones, there are many more smaller ones). Please explain why this particular pipeline would be worse than what we already have. TIA

How about none of the above? Not doing it at all is certainly the safest option.

Do we have any pipes in R.I.? I mean, besides crack and weed?

Lots of sewage to pipe out of Providence, I'm sure.

 

[cstu]

And Obama should ignore the request. Kill it now.

BOOM.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

 

[Mr.Pack]

And Obama should ignore the request. Kill it now.

BOOM.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

America won.

A corporation or two lost.

 

[bud29]

Keystone Leak 90 Times Worse Than First Reported. Oops.

 

[cstu]

TransCanada Corp. is formally requesting arbitration over U.S. President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, seeking $15 billion US in damages, the company said in legal papers dated Friday.

TransCanada submitted a notice for an arbitration claim in January and had then tried to negotiate with the U.S. government to "reach an amicable settlement," the company said in files posted on the pipeline's website.

"Unfortunately, the parties were unable to settle the dispute."

TransCanada said it then filed its formal arbitration request under North American Free Trade Agreement provisions, seeking to recover what it says are costs and damages.

The Keystone XL was designed to link existing pipeline networks in Canada and the United States to bring crude from Alberta and North Dakota to refineries in Illinois and, eventually, the Gulf of Mexico coast.

Obama rejected the cross-border crude oil pipeline last November, seven years after it was first proposed, saying it would not make a meaningful long-term contribution to the U.S. economy.

TransCanada is suing the United States in federal court in a separate legal action, seeking to reverse the pipeline's rejection.

NAFTA, whose arbitration provisions allow companies to challenge governments before international panels, has been a target of recent anti-free-trade sentiments in the United States.

The heads of NAFTA members, Canada, the United States and Mexico, are expected to meet in Ottawa for a North American leaders' Summit on June 29.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Conservatives should be livid about TransCanada and this suit on multiple fronts.  Lets see how they respond.