Nebraska governor approves revised Keystone pipeline route

[flyboy56]

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman notified the Obama administration Tuesday that he has approved the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline to traverse his state, marking a significant step toward reviving the project after President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sidelined it.
The Republican governor approved a revised route for the Canada-to-Texas pipeline which his office said would avoid environmentally sensitive areas.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...#ixzz2IkeXoNju

[Mom49of4]

The environmentalists are up in arms about this one.

[flyboy56]

The environmentalists are up in arms about this one.

If they found a safer route Mom why should they be?

[soulflower]

I don't believe private land should be taken from Americans and given to a foreign company. It sets a bad precedent. I don't think it has been done in the past.

The Eminent Domain issues bother me more than the environmental issues...

[flyboy56]

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!

But supporters -- including some in the president's own party -- have downplayed the environment impact and stressed the economic benefits the pipeline could bring. The pipeline is backed by the unions, and has been heavily promoted by Canadian officials. In Heineman's letter, the governor said construction in Nebraska would yield $418 million in economic benefits.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...#ixzz2IkhrKvSZ

[kudzu]

I don't believe private land should be taken from Americans and given to a foreign company. It sets a bad precedent. I don't think it has been done in the past.

The Eminent Domain issues bother me more than the environmental issues...

Without eminent domain, you'd be walking to work or your drive would be twice as long.

But more to the point, we're talking about Nebraska here. Nebraska.

Aside from wheat and corn, what else of any good has come out of there ?

[soulflower]

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!

But supporters -- including some in the president's own party -- have downplayed the environment impact and stressed the economic benefits the pipeline could bring. The pipeline is backed by the unions, and has been heavily promoted by Canadian officials. In Heineman's letter, the governor said construction in Nebraska would yield $418 million in economic benefits.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...#ixzz2IkhrKvSZ

Temporary jobs mostly...


The U.S. State Department calculated last year that the underground pipeline would add 5,000 to 6,000 U.S. jobs. One independent review of Keystone puts that number even lower, with the Cornell University Global Labor Institute finding that the pipeline would add only 500 to 1,400 temporary construction jobs. The authors of the September report also said that much of the new employment stemming from Keystone would be outside the U.S.

Transcanada itself cast doubt on its employment forecast when a vice president for the company told CNN last fall that the 20,000 jobs Keystone would create were temporary and that the project would likely yield only "hundreds" of permanent positions.

Another reason for the discrepancy appears to stem from what that 20,000 figure really means. As Transcanada has conceded, its estimate counted up "job years" spent on the project, not jobs. In other words, the company was counting a single construction worker who worked for two years on Keystone as two jobs, lending fuel to critics who said advocates of the pipeline were overstating its benefits.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_1...ally-at-stake/

[soulflower]

Without eminent domain, you'd be walking to work or your drive would be twice as long.

But more to the point, we're talking about Nebraska here. Nebraska.

Aside from wheat and corn, what else of any good has come out of there ?

The pipeline will go through several states. The people of Nebraska were more concerned about the environmental issues because the pipeline was supposed to cross their aquafier.

The real Eminent Domain battles are happening in Texas

Landowner Fights Keystone XL Pipeline By Suing the State
http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/201...ing-the-state/

[kudzu]

The people of Nebraska were more concerned about the environmental issues

I seriously doubt that.

[SalisburySage]

Temporary jobs mostly...


The U.S. State Department calculated last year that the underground pipeline would add 5,000 to 6,000 U.S. jobs. One independent review of Keystone puts that number even lower, with the Cornell University Global Labor Institute finding that the pipeline would add only 500 to 1,400 temporary construction jobs. The authors of the September report also said that much of the new employment stemming from Keystone would be outside the U.S.

Transcanada itself cast doubt on its employment forecast when a vice president for the company told CNN last fall that the 20,000 jobs Keystone would create were temporary and that the project would likely yield only "hundreds" of permanent positions.

Another reason for the discrepancy appears to stem from what that 20,000 figure really means. As Transcanada has conceded, its estimate counted up "job years" spent on the project, not jobs. In other words, the company was counting a single construction worker who worked for two years on Keystone as two jobs, lending fuel to critics who said advocates of the pipeline were overstating its benefits.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_1...ally-at-stake/

I don't believe antyhing that comes from the Communist Broadcasting System otherwise known as CBS.

[Mike Evans]

I don't believe antyhing that comes from the Communist Broadcasting System otherwise known as CBS.

Because it's not Fox.

[flyboy56]

Temporary jobs mostly...


The U.S. State Department calculated last year that the underground pipeline would add 5,000 to 6,000 U.S. jobs. One independent review of Keystone puts that number even lower, with the Cornell University Global Labor Institute finding that the pipeline would add only 500 to 1,400 temporary construction jobs. The authors of the September report also said that much of the new employment stemming from Keystone would be outside the U.S.

Transcanada itself cast doubt on its employment forecast when a vice president for the company told CNN last fall that the 20,000 jobs Keystone would create were temporary and that the project would likely yield only "hundreds" of permanent positions.

Another reason for the discrepancy appears to stem from what that 20,000 figure really means. As Transcanada has conceded, its estimate counted up "job years" spent on the project, not jobs. In other words, the company was counting a single construction worker who worked for two years on Keystone as two jobs, lending fuel to critics who said advocates of the pipeline were overstating its benefits.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_1...ally-at-stake/

Do you prefer they stay on the government dole?

[reg_indy]

Without eminent domain, you'd be walking to work or your drive would be twice as long.

But more to the point, we're talking about Nebraska here. Nebraska.

Aside from wheat and corn, what else of any good has come out of there ?

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2...allala-aquifer