Steven Lacey, writer for Climate Progress, reported a

sixty-story geyser of oil dumping over 20,000 gallons

of oil onto North Dakota soil. Not surprisingly this is
only one of the 12 spills that the keystone pipeline had
in its first year of operation. Now TransCanada, the
company that built and maintains the Keystone pipeline
system, is proposing a larger pipeline that will transport
over 200,000 more barrels of oil per day. Most of you,
however, already have your minds made up about the
Keystone XL pipeline. 90% of you said you disagreed
with building KXL. But dont worry, TransCanada
promises this one will be better.

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MAIN POINTS:
Environment
Bitumen produces 110% more greenhouse gases
when transported
Boreal Forest
(Sierra Club) Stores 27 years worth of current
carbon emissions
470 Km2 cleared annually
Environment Cont..
Increased reliance on fossil fuels
Keystone = 37.7 million more cars to the road

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Reality reported that Each 2.5 square

kilometer of Boreal forest supports 500 breeding
pairs of migrant birds and are [also] home to Wolf,
Lynx, Cougar, Black Bear, Grizzly Bear,
Wolverine, Bison, Moose, Caribou, and Beaver.

Keystone = BIG step back

Spills
Paul W. Parfomak, Specialist in Energy and
Infrastructure Policy, Spills will happen!
Reporter Robert greenwald from the Huffington
post reported that Just last year
372 spills led to
20 deaths

 117 injuries
$256 Million in damages
The

National resource defense council A pipeline

spill would threaten the land and water supply of
some 110,000 ranches and farms in Montana,
South Dakota, and Nebraska that produced more
than $40 billion worth of food in 2012. In those
three states alone, the pipeline would cross 1,073
rivers, lakes, and streams, including the
Yellowstone River in Montana and the Platte
River in Nebraska, along with tens of thousands of
acres of wetlands. It would also run within a mile

of more than 3,000 wells that provide drinking and

irrigation water in those states.
Economy
State department 35 permanent jobs
COMPARED NRDC Wind energy created 75,000 jobs
in 2011
Surplus of oil means we dont need more
Energy Security
OIL PRICE.com America imports 60% of oil
27% of imports from middle east
Over 50% of imports from western
hemisphere
Mostly Canada

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Each step we take toward building the Keystone

Pipeline is a step backwards for Americas reliance on
fossil fuels. This is the main reason we shouldnt build
the keystone XL pipeline. We cant risk more harm to
the environment. Spills are inevitable. We can only
hope they dont happen In biologically rich areas. It
wont significantly help our economy and it could
possibly make that worse too. Last, bringing more oil
into our country will just make us more reliant on fossil
fuels and consequently decrease out energy security.