Chicago Tribune: Stop ‘dawdling,’ approve Keystone

Marketwatch ^ | March 29, 2013, 10:38 AM | Claudia Assis

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

An editorial on Friday’s Chicago Tribune called President Barack Obama to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, saying the decision is “an easy one” and “long overdue.”‘

Even if the oil flowing through Keystone would be exported, the U.S. would still benefit from the pipeline construction and refinery jobs created, the Tribune said. “Allow America to draw on its bounty,” the newspaper said.

[goodtomato]

There was a train that derailed in MN the other day. It was carrying oil and spilled some. I think it was a NS train and I think it was unrefined tar sand oil. Don’t think the drive by media was allowed to report!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Editorial Title:

Energy security and American jobs

[kevkrom]

Translation: The election is over, you’ve paid the requisite lip service to the enviro-weenies, now it’s time for union payback.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Hmmm....Media suppression?

Google found this:

Rail Line Reopens After Minnesota Oil Spill

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March 29, 2013, 10:28 a.m. ET

Scott Marquardt/The Parkers Prairie Independent

A 94-car Canadian Pacific Railway train partially derailed in Parkers Prairie, Minn., on Wednesday, spilling as much as 714 barrels of crude, according to Minnesota officials. Oil is visible on the ground in the lower left.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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The spill is one of the biggest in a rising number related to railroads, as energy companies use trains to move crude oil from booming North American fields not adequately served by pipelines. The number of incidents has risen sharply in the past few years, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal data.

[goodtomato]

That’s it! My point is if a pipe broke it would be covered by the media like.....Sandy Hook.
Thanks Ernest ;0)

[Carriage Hill]

One of Buffett Table’s train lines?

[goodtomato]

I don't know about that. Does Berkshire Hathaway actually own a railroad or do they just lease rail cars?

[Carriage Hill]

He’s into all phases of it:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-18/buffett-s-railroad-boosts-capital-plan-to-4-1-billion.html

[goodtomato]

Thanks C_H. I would think, with that $ investment, someone is expecting a return on their investment. I recall Ms. Rice and hubby have a nice sum riding on the pipeline being built. I wonder who will be allowed to profit!

[Carriage Hill]

I couldn't even make an educated guess on that question, gt. There are a lot of fingers in various pies, and ☭bummer's handlers are pulling the strings, not him.