The construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from the Canadian tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico has struggled for completion almost since it was commissioned back in 2010. Protestors and politicians have taken aim at the project for crossing through waterways on Native American lands and contributing to climate change. That division came to a head in early 2015 when both President Obama and the State Department rejected the project. Obama vetoed the Keystone Pipeline Approval Act, and the State Department declined to approve it; they were given authority since the pipeline crossed the international border with Canada.
Tony Horowitz, one of my favorite writers (who died in 3/20 after writing Spying on the South) took a trip following the Keystone Pipeline and wrote a book about it about five years ago. What was interesting is that there's an oil pipeline from the Canadian tar sands to an end point in Louisiana already. What the Keystone would do is simply shorten the route. As I recall the route goes south, crosses the US/Canada border and at some point does a 90 degree turn to the east and then does another 90 degree turn to the south, eventually ending up in La. What the Keystone would do is simply cut across the route like the hypotenuse of a triangle.
Llew:
Tony Horowitz, one of my favorite writers (who died in 3/20 after writing Spying on the South) took a trip following the Keystone Pipeline and wrote a book about it about five years ago. What was interesting is that there's an oil pipeline from the Canadian tar sands to an end point in Louisiana already. What the Keystone would do is simply shorten the route. As I recall the route goes south, crosses the US/Canada border and at some point does a 90 degree turn to the east and then does another 90 degree turn to the south, eventually ending up in La. What the Keystone would do is simply cut across the route like the hypotenuse of a triangle.
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