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Obama Decides On Keystone XL
Obama announced at 11:00 Nov 6 in 2015 that the contentious Keystone XL program has been rejected. This is written minutes after President Obama publicly announced his administration’s rejection of the Keystone upgrade project. LastTechAge has been following this since … Continue reading
KXL threatens US environment -Not energy -Not climate
Keystone XL is is a threat to US environmental integrity. Its Senate vote is near. The bill forcing development of the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline build is about to be set before the president. The proponents say it is about … Continue reading
Water, Groundwater and XL
Water reserves in the Midwest are an endangered resource. XL performance will disrupt both our national food supply and the water for many cities. High Plains Aquifer is dangerously depleted in large regions. This was the message by Michael Wines … Continue reading
Reject Keystone XL. It is about US ecology, not global climate
The US State Department released its Keystone XL pipeline report. Guess what? It concluded that accepting or rejecting XL would have little affect on world climate. XL – pretty small stuff. The State Department report is right as far as … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged climate change, James Hansen, Joe Nocera, Keystone upgrade, Keystone XL, Obama, oil sands, pipeline safety, shale oil, tar sands
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Keystone XL is not about climate change, Joe Nocera
The argument against the XL pipeline is based on US interests, should not be about climate change. Joe Nocera published a column in the Feb 19 (2013) print edition of the New York Times. He explains why we must support the XL … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged Charles Koch, David Koch, dilbit, Enbridge 6B, energy security, James E Hansen, job generation, Joe Nocera, Keystone XL, Obama, pipeline safety
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US Petroleum Exports are Huge
On March 7, last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a short report that showed that in 2011, U.S. petroleum exports exceeded imports for the first time since 1949. That was their headline. The data in this report … Continue reading
Keystone XL Is About Exports
Is the Keystone XL push to the Texas coast for American energy or for export? The U.S. EIA released a new graph that is an attention-getter. In 2011, petroleum exports exceeded imports. This was the first time for this in … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged Cusing Oklahoma, Keystone XL, oil export, petroleum, tar sands, TransCanada, WTI
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Keystone XL and the Quality Ethic
The year-old Keystone pipe line has intrinsic quality issues. Cancel the XL upgrade! Last last Saturday, the Lincoln Nebraska online news journal, the JournalStar, published an article by an engineering whistle blower, Mike Klink. His point: The XL initiative is … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged Bechtel, Keystone XL, Mike Klink, quallity, TransCanada
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Pipeline spills and Keystone XL
Pipeline spills are common about the world and certainly in the U.S. This post is an adjunct to LastTechAge major post on Keystone XL, bringing previously published data into view again. Here is only part of a New York Times … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Resources
Tagged Dan Frosch, Janet Roberts, Keystone XL, oil spills, pipeline breaks, tar sands
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Keystone XL – The Balance Sheet
The U.S. will soon make a decision on to allow the build of the “final” segments to the Keystone pipe line, or not. This proposal is called Keystone XL by TransCanada Corporation. It is to replace parts and to build … Continue reading
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