Greenies take on XL Pipeline

[Anonymous]

It's not the actual landowners who are causing the problem Einstein. :roll:

It's your Democratic Green brethren................................. :lol: :lol: :lol:

So your're saying Nebraskas Republican Governor, Senator, and Congressmen took up the side of the Democrats Green's ... Must be a state full of Liberal Democrats down there- eh :???:

Well I guess you're half right on that- but they did it because the NIMBY's crawled in bed with the Greens- and were able to shut down what the Greens alone in several other states and two countrys previously were not able to...

The Ogallala underlies portions of eight large states — 174,000 square miles of crop and range land all the way from South Dakota to Texas. Over the last several months, it became about as famous as a geologic formation can get. With the nation's environmentalists at their side, Nebraska landowners battled ferociously against the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried oil extracted from Canadian tar sands through the environmentally sensitive Nebraska Sand Hills. If the pipeline leaked, they argued, chemicals and oil would seep down into the aquifer, contaminating a precious resource responsible for 27 percent of the nation's irrigated agriculture.

They won — for now. President Obama agreed last month to reconsider the pipeline's route. So is the Ogallala now safe? Not quite. Regardless of whether the pipeline was a good or bad idea, it was never the real danger. The true threat is posed by agriculture as it's currently practiced on the Great Plains by the farmers themselves, many of whom opposed the pipeline vehemently. The aquifer is being wasted and polluted. Wasted, that is, on corn, a thirsty crop that requires over 20 inches of irrigation water in parts of the Plains. And polluted with pesticides and nitrogen fertilizers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/opinion/polluting-the-ogallala-aquifer.html?_r=1

And until a new route for the line can be proposed, studied and researched I don't know how you could expect any President to approve it...

 

[Mike]

You can't heap everyone of those landowners in with the problem:

TransCanada has secured 90 percent of the easements—contracts permitting the company to run a pipeline on private land—that it needs from Nebraska landowners.

Of course they COULD have followed the existing pipeline route..........

But Buckwheat is wanting to postpone it until after the election so he doesn't pizz off the Greenies. :lol: :lol: :lol:

On Nov. 14, TransCanada announced it supports proposed legislation within the State of Nebraska to move the Keystone XL pipeline project forward. If passed, this legislation, introduced the same day in the State legislature, will ensure a pipeline route will be developed in Nebraska that avoids the Sandhills.
TransCanada is pleased with the positive conversations it is having with Nebraska leaders, which have resulted in legislation that respects the concerns of Nebraskans and supports the development of the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada at the same time confirmed to state leaders that the route for Keystone XL will be changed and reaffirmed that Nebraskans will play an important role in determining the final route.
These developments in Nebraska follow the Nov. 10 announcement by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) that further assessment of alternative routes for Keystone XL was needed in Nebraska to move forward with the National Interest Determination. The proposed state legislation in Nebraska is a critical first step in that process.

Working together with the State Department, Nebraska's Department of Environmental Quality will conduct an environmental assessment to define the best location for Keystone XL in Nebraska. TransCanada will work closely with these agencies and provide them with the information they need to complete a thorough review that addresses concerns regarding the Sandhills region.

TransCanada doesn't seem too upset............................

 

[Red Barn Angus]

I agreed with avoiding the sand hills area but these greenies are against everything that has to do with us becoming less dependent on foreign oil. How the hell do they think there will be gas in the pumps to fill their cars if we don't do something? They don't ever seem to consider how we could get away from the middle east oil, just don't put it in my back yard. They are disgusting to say the least. Shut down the EPA and let the states do their thing.

 

[hypocritexposer]

I agreed with avoiding the sand hills area but these greenies are against everything that has to do with us becoming less dependent on foreign oil. How the hell do they think there will be gas in the pumps to fill their cars if we don't do something? They don't ever seem to consider how we could get away from the middle east oil, just don't put it in my back yard. They are disgusting to say the least. Shut down the EPA and let the states do their thing.

The "greenies" would rather make war.....to secure the resources....they know dang well by doing it in this manner they will have more control on additional Countries and can bring on further socialized states, that are dependent on the US......

Independence is not their goal, by far.....

....it's much the same as wanting the rest of the world to depend on the US economy. Their goal is to average out the economic wealth in a Global manner so everyone has the same "opportunities". Carbon taxes are part of the same agenda.......redistribution of wealth on a global scale......

 

[loomixguy]

And until a new route for the line can be proposed, studied and researched I don't know how you could expect any President to approve it...

So you are saying that your hero Teddy Roosevelt would have just laid down and taken it up the *** like your "new hero" Obamanure is doing? "Oh, how could you expect Teddy to approve it?" :roll:

Ever heard of the Panama Canal? Striking similarities. Too bad the second worst embarrassment as President, Jimmy Cahtah gave it away.

Have a wonderful 2012 sinking further into confusion, Alzheimer's, and alcoholism, Dick.