I am opposed!
After 12 Oil Spills in One Year, TransCanada Says Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Will Be Safest in U.S.
BY STEPHEN LACEY POSTED ON AUGUST 17, 2011 AT 12:00 PM
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/08/17/297576/oil-spills-transcanada-keystone-xl-pipeline/
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But perhaps more than anything else -- at least here atop one of the world's largest and most pristine aquifers -- this was a referendum on water.
"The people of Holt County should not have to sacrifice their drinking water for some short-term economic boosts, or to provide jobs for people living outside the area," said Cindy Myers, a nurse and lifelong resident of the area, referring to the 150 or so union laborers who had been bused into the meeting from outlying areas, their orange shirts signaling their unified support of the pipeline.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/keystone-pipeline-meetings-nebraska_n_988203.html
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