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Keystone pipeline passes environmental review – ‘little impact on climate’ – ecos outraged
Watts Up With That? ^ | March 1, 2013 | Anthony Watts

Posted on 03/01/2013 9:18:16 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

From Tom Nelson: Keystone pipeline passes environmental review: It’s the [CO2-induced] end of the world as the Sierra Club knows it, and I feel fine

Keystone XL pipeline would have little impact on climate change, State Department analysis says – The Washington Post

The State Department released a draft environmental impact assessment of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline Friday afternoon, suggesting the project would have little impact on climate change.

Live Blogging the Keystone XL Environmental Assessment Release | DeSmogBlog

Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune just released the following reaction in a press release just sent out:

“The Sierra Club is outraged by the State Department’s deeply flawed analysis today and what can only be interpreted as lip service to one of the greatest threats to our children’s future: climate disruption…”

From Junkscience:

Read the full Keystone EIS

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

It’s is driving the enviros crazy this afternoon.

Keystone XL EIS. (PDF)

Mckibben_twit_keystonesEIS


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canadatarsands; climatechange; energu; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; keystonepipeline; keystonexl
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1 posted on 03/01/2013 9:18:25 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; Fred Nerks; Carry_Okie; blam; Lorianne; Twotone; bigbob; NormsRevenge; ...

Take that you Ecoidiots....


2 posted on 03/01/2013 9:20:15 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Yes, one more pipeline would destroy the world.


3 posted on 03/01/2013 9:30:44 PM PST by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Ernest.


4 posted on 03/01/2013 9:33:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: TigersEye
Nice map.

California needs more pipelines.

5 posted on 03/01/2013 9:41:14 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Keystone, or any other oil pipeline, will never be built as long as Obama is President.


6 posted on 03/01/2013 9:43:19 PM PST by allendale
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7 posted on 03/01/2013 9:43:43 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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GlynnMhor says:

March 1, 2013 at 4:06 pm

Indeed, Alvin, the oil sands operations are cleaning up one of the world’s biggest oil spills. The stuff has been oozing into the Athabaska River for millenia before even the indians immigrated to the area.

8 posted on 03/01/2013 9:45:27 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: allendale

The Unions want the Jobs....and they are bigger funders of the Democratic party than the Enviros....I think.


9 posted on 03/01/2013 9:47:19 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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10 posted on 03/01/2013 9:49:44 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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Doug Proctor says:

March 1, 2013 at 4:19 pm

“Without access to major U.S. export terminals from Keystone XL and other routes, tar sands production will be substantially slowed.””

So says the National Wildlife fella. “Slowed”, does not mean stopped.

The “line in the sand” is symbolic, not real. North Dakota is railcaring 53% of its 803,000 bopd already, but expects/hopes to have another 200,000 bopd on top of that in two years, and 400,000 more within 7. Even if those numbers are aggressive, within the next few years another 250,000 bopd will probably be producing and needing a market. This oil, not just the Canadian sourced (owned by Exxon-Mobil et al) is being moved one way or another to refineries, whether on the Gulf Coast or in New England. And if in New England, the lack of adequate capacity may mean that a lot is then transshipped down the American coastline to Texas.

Railroads are expensive on an operating basis, but since they exist already, cheap on a new capital project basis. Still, the price differential and the long-term amortization of a pipeline makes economic sense to have the pipeline, period, and so the sooner the better: you don’t want to pay for two system, in effect, if you first pay a railroad premium and discount, and then pay for a pipeline transport fee but no discount.

For some reason 650,000 or more bopd by train through the populated areas of the northern United States, and likely along the New England coastline,does not disturb the eco-green: perhaps they WANT an oil disaster in their own backyard.

Strong, Hansen and others have waxed about the need for a real disaster to motivate the American people. Is this what the WWF and the Sierra Club and McKibben, Suzuki and Gore and all the others really want, an environmental disaster that they can use to decarbonize/deindustrialize all those parts of society that do not serve their personal interests (since they are not giving up their SUVs, their air travel or their fancy houses by the sea)?

I wouldn’t be surprised: their words are out there already. Maybe this is just part of the set-up.

11 posted on 03/01/2013 9:56:09 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Obama never intended to stop the pipeline. The idea was to mollify the enviros until Canada could get the oil flowing from the west coast to China, through Vancouver, BC. It’s happening now and is planned to increase exponentially in the next few years, with the aid of Warren Buffett’s rail roads.

Right now, there is already oil flowing from the Bakken field in the Dakotas to the Gulf, but Obama stopped the 12 inches or so that would have allowed the oil to flow from Canada. It doesn’t matter so much to Canada because they already had the trains and the port in Vancouver. Canada is happy. They could even send the oil across the border to WA if the Obama administration is successful pushing through the port in Whatcom county. The only problem is that they cannot ship oil and coal from the same port. The pipeline is already there.


12 posted on 03/01/2013 10:01:43 PM PST by Eva
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That's nothing compared to the thousands of miles of natural gas pipelines.


13 posted on 03/01/2013 10:01:48 PM PST by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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Jimbo says:

March 1, 2013 at 4:43 pm

Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune just released the following reaction in a press release just sent out:

“The Sierra Club is outraged by the State Department’s deeply flawed analysis today and what can only be interpreted as lip service to one of the greatest threats to our children’s future: climate disruption…”

Would this threat include GAS? Bloody hypocrites.

“Exclusive: How the Sierra Club Took Millions From the Natural Gas Industry”
http://science.time.com/2012/02/02/exclusive-how-the-sierra-club-took-millions-from-the-natural-gas-industry-and-why-they-stopped/

$25 million, if I recall rightly. Or was that $26 million. Hey, what’s 1 million between friends?
http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/04/sierra-club-took-26-million-from-natural-gas-lobby-to-battle-coal-industry/

14 posted on 03/01/2013 10:05:21 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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15 posted on 03/01/2013 10:13:11 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Eva
I think you have some details in there that are new to me.

And chance to get more detail ...talking about State of Washington.

16 posted on 03/01/2013 10:15:30 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
...one of the greatest threats to our children’s future: climate disruption…”

Do I see the next EcoWacko catch phrase there?

Global Cooling

Global Warming

Climate Change

Climate Disruption

You know they're lying when they have to change the name every few years.

17 posted on 03/01/2013 10:19:26 PM PST by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Forgive my slightly off colored response but I believe it is fair to say that Director Michael Brune, is what is known as a total asshole.
He is the type of person that would be pleased secretly to see millions of third world nation populations put to sleep to save the planet, just as one example of his far reaching radicalism.
18 posted on 03/01/2013 10:23:04 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Galt level is not far away......)
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To: Eva
Found this:

Whatcom County deals coal port a serious setback

19 posted on 03/01/2013 10:27:30 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: allendale
"Keystone, or any other oil pipeline, will never be built as long as Obama is President." - allendale

Secretary of Defense Hagel says that domestic oil production improves U.S. security.

The fix is in: Keystone will be approved.

20 posted on 03/01/2013 10:30:05 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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