Analyze the factors that influence Congress vote on the 2014 Keystones XL Pipeline.
As a recent solution has come about, the help of Congress is needed to overturn the decision that President Obama made in regards to the approval of a project by the name of Keystone XL Pipeline 2014. This project is considered to be the safest and most advanced oil pipeline operation in North America. The Keystone XL Pipeline is a 1,179-mile, 36-inch diameter crude oil pipeline that will stretch from Hardisty, Alberta Canada to Steele City, Nebraska. The pipeline will allow crude oil to transport from Canada to the United States. The pipeline will also support the growth of crude oil production in the United States by allowing American oil producers more access to the oil refining markets in the Midwest and U.S. Gulf Coast.
TransCanada originally recommended the pipeline in 2005 and later applied to the State Department for a construction permit in 2008. Along with providing temporary paying opportunities for working citizens, long-term energy independence and an economic enhancement to American citizens. It will not only bring essential infrastructure to North America it will also bring a great deal of energy security. The Keystone Pipeline is also expected to reduce the United …show more content…
The oils natural state is known as bitumen, which is mad up of sand, clay and a small density of water. Any strategy to obtaining the bitumen creates a toxic environment run-off. Environmentalists also fear that a leak from the projects pipeline could cause more environmental damage than a leak from any other standard pipeline. There are also concerns of pollutants being exposed to the water sources in the areas that the pipeline will travel through. This brings a great concern to human and wildlife drinking water
As a recent solution has come about, the help of Congress is needed to overturn the decision that President Obama made in regards to the approval of a project by the name of Keystone XL Pipeline 2014. This project is considered to be the safest and most advanced oil pipeline operation in North America. The Keystone XL Pipeline is a 1,179-mile, 36-inch diameter crude oil pipeline that will stretch from Hardisty, Alberta Canada to Steele City, Nebraska. The pipeline will allow crude oil to transport from Canada to the United States. The pipeline will also support the growth of crude oil production in the United States by allowing American oil producers more access to the oil refining markets in the Midwest and U.S. Gulf Coast.
TransCanada originally recommended the pipeline in 2005 and later applied to the State Department for a construction permit in 2008. Along with providing temporary paying opportunities for working citizens, long-term energy independence and an economic enhancement to American citizens. It will not only bring essential infrastructure to North America it will also bring a great deal of energy security. The Keystone Pipeline is also expected to reduce the United …show more content…
The oils natural state is known as bitumen, which is mad up of sand, clay and a small density of water. Any strategy to obtaining the bitumen creates a toxic environment run-off. Environmentalists also fear that a leak from the projects pipeline could cause more environmental damage than a leak from any other standard pipeline. There are also concerns of pollutants being exposed to the water sources in the areas that the pipeline will travel through. This brings a great concern to human and wildlife drinking water