YES! It’s a perfect example of the dangers of tar sands drilling.
10%
NO! There's not enough media attention to pressure him.
90%
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
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The poor planet is dying already...this just makes it worst.
Too much money....I would prefer to say, "There's too much money backing TransCanada's XL Pipeline." There's Big Oil who are busy tearing up the Canadian boreal forest to get at the sticky, gooey tarsand. There's the Canadian government who is looking for a deep port where the tarsand oil can be exported. There is the Pipefitters Union who is looking for jobs. There are the former State Department and congressional employees who are now employed by TransCanada, including Hilary Clinton's former manager who is now lead attorney on the pipeline. Then there is the GOP who is clamoring for the pipeline because of its job potential never mind that the pipeline will only employ 200 people once it is operating and those will probably be Canadians -- at least, upper management will be Canadian. Then there are the bankers who are payrolling the pipeline. Money money everywhere. President Obama in the past has said that his first priority is jobs and the economy which, I think, he would approve the pipeline on these grounds. Besides, the State Department has said they had no objections to the Pipeline.