State Department report seems to play down on the impact Keystone pipeline project would have on climate change


State Department report released today (January 31, 2014) played down the impact the Keystone Pipeline project would have on climate change. This will irk the environmental activists but delight the project proponents. 

Though the agency report made no recommendation on whether the project should be allowed or not, the report says blocking Keystone XL - or any pipeline - would do little to slow the expansion of Canada's vast oil sands, maintaining the central finding of a preliminary study issued last year.

The 11-volume report's publication opened a new and potentially final stage of an approval process that has dragged for more than five years, taking on enormous political significance. The report suggests that the pipeline – on its own – have a “significant” effect on carbon pollution.

Keystone pipeline, if finally approved, will carry crude from the Alberta tar sands (oil sands) in Canada to refineries on the Texas Gulf coast, US.

 

Other Sources:

 

Keystone report raises pressure on Obama to approve pipeline(Reuters)

Keystone XL pipeline closer to reality after State Department review (the Guardian, UK)

Keystone XL oil pipeline clears significant hurdle (Washington Post)

Report May Ease Way to Approval of Keystone Pipeline  (New York Times)


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