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Economy
Al Gore says Obama must veto 'atrocity' of Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
2013-06-17
[GUARDIAN.CO.UK] Al Gore has called on Barack Obama to veto the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, describing it as "an atrocity".

The former vice-president said in an interview on Friday that he hoped Obama would follow the example of British Columbia, which last week rejected a similar pipeline project, and shut down the Keystone XL.

"I certainly hope that he will veto that now that the Canadians have publicly concluded that it is not safe to take a pipeline across British Columbia to ports on the Pacific," he told the Guardian. "I really can't imagine that our country would say: 'Oh well. Take it right over parts of the Ogallala aquifer', our largest and most important source of ground water in the US. It's really a losing proposition."
Posted by:Fred

#14  So don't approve the pipeline, the BNSF is happy to rail the oil wherever desired. Better prices where the pipelines don't go; supply and demand. Wait till a tank car leaks derails etc; pipelines are safer.
Posted by: USN,ret   2013-06-17 20:05  

#13  They think South Dakota has a Canadian Border don't they?

Never know what North Dakota's plans are........
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2013-06-17 19:50  

#12  Keystone is useful in that it helps seperate out the true 'honest' environmentalists from the partisan and communist shills using environmentalism as a cudgal against the West.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-06-17 15:03  

#11  Liberalland - where South Dakota is north of North Dakota, and gerbil worming will cause Wyoming to tip over, just ask al-jizzgoreonya.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-06-17 14:07  

#10  They think South Dakota has a Canadian Border don't they?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-06-17 12:46  

#9  Just ask the Phelps Klan.

Hell, liberals think South Dakota is somewhere north of Michigan.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-06-17 11:55  

#8  part of his contract with the purchase of his TV channel by Arab oil ticks? Big Ol Dumb Al stays bought
Posted by: Frank G   2013-06-17 11:45  

#7  For those of us with a short attention span
Posted by: Photing Dribble2149   2013-06-17 11:37  

#6  Not certain about the mushrooms, but ye ole syx puppy surely enjoyed his happy endings.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-06-17 11:35  

#5  ever wonder that after Gore lost in 2000 and he went into hiding and came back with that beard, how many bad mushrooms he ate?
Posted by: Jack Salami   2013-06-17 11:31  

#4  That would be biden ordaned president gorp.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-06-17 10:25  

#3  Pipelines are the safest and most cost effective method of moving materials. In the absence of honest work or political successes, Gore has been taken ecological fear mongering to entirely new levels. Too bad we cannot seem to focus his obvious money making abilities on lowering the national debt or creating jobs.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-06-17 07:27  

#2  As though this is not just one of hundreds of pipelines crossing America.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-06-17 05:58  

#1  Yeah, but the Ogallala aquifer is under South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Red states. He seems to be saying that the risk of contaminated water in Jesusland would be a bad thing. Next week: Al Gore gets audited by the IRS.

Posted by: RandomJD   2013-06-17 01:34  

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