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Mar 15, 2022 · The Keystone XL pipeline extension, proposed by TC Energy (then TransCanada) in 2008, was initially designed to transport the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel, tar sands oil, to market—and fast ...
Mar 17, 2022 · This amount makes up 3% of U.S. crude oil imports and about 1% of the crude oil processed in U.S. refineries. Keystone XL, an expansion of an existing North American pipeline, would have carried ...
TransCanada Corporation responded with a letter by President and CEO Russel K. Girling stating that TransCanada "rejects the EPA inference that at lower oil prices the [Keystone XL Pipeline] Project will increase the rate of oil sands production growth and accompanying greenhouse gas emissions".
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- The pipeline has a complicated history. The Keystone XL pipeline was first proposed nine years ago, during the rise of the tar sands oil boom in Alberta.
- The pipeline may impact wildlife. Opponents have warned that the pipeline could endanger many animals and their habitats in the U.S. and Canada through the infrastructure’s construction, maintenance, and possible failures that could lead to an oil spill.
- The pipeline may increase oil production. Once built, about 830,000 barrels of heavy crude oil per day will flow from Alberta, Canada, to the refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast, which are built to handle the kind of heavy crude oil that comes out of the tar sands.
- Will the pipeline contribute to climate change? Many climate activists have opposed the pipeline on the suspicion that it may increase our reliance on, and use, of fossil fuels, and further delay investment in more renewable technologies.
The Keystone XL Pipeline will provide a safe, reliable and environmentally responsible way to deliver energy from Western Canada to markets in the United States. The project will support tens of thousands of jobs, providing economic benefits on both sides of the border, nationally and locally to communities along its route. $3.4 billion. boost ...
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Mar 24, 2017 · Trump’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline was expected based on comments made during his campaign for office. In January he issed an order that paved the way for the project’s approval ...
Aug 13, 2014 · The authors, Peter Erickson and Michael Lazarus, find that for every barrel of increased production, global oil consumption would increase 0.6 barrels due to incrementally lower global oil prices. Thus, depending on the extent to which Keystone XL led to greater oil sands production, its net annual impact could range from virtually none to 110 ...
