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    the Keystone XL pipeline encourages the controversy over boosting the American economy or the safety of the environment. The process of building this major pipeline has millions of people in a heated debate. The issue of this pipeline has several environmental researchers and economists in an altercation that when climate change is already a major issue for the nation is trying to sway the construction of the pipeline to be approved or denied. Based on research about the Keystone XL Pipeline, it

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    During his first week of presidency Donald Trump signed off to the expansion of keystone XL, a pipeline that transports crude oil from Alberta all the way to Texas. The pipeline is said to run for 876 miles and is thirty six inches in width. There would be two power stations which would require around 378 miles of original powerlines. In general this pipeline would entail a lot of construction, thus creating more job prospects. (Burd and Armand 274) In fact, quite a few companies in Canada anticipate

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    Keystone XL Pipeline One of the most controversial issues faced nowadays is the way we deal with the transport of oil. One of the proposed methods is The Keystone XL Pipeline. Although there are some pros associated with building the pipeline, the risk outweighs the benefits by far. Building the Keystone XL pipeline would negatively affect the environment, jeopardize the public health and is to no benefit to the American people. The Keystone XL Pipeline is a proposed oil system that expands from

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    detrimental environmental effects and commitment to furthering the use of unclean energy sources, the Keystone XL Pipeline does not offer significant benefits to the American economy or oil industry. When the Keystone XL pipeline was first proposed in 2008, there was a much higher need for more crude oil. America had just gone into a recession, gas prices were high, and many people thought that the pipeline was the answer to making this country money. However, as of January 2015 oil prices have dropped

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    said Senator Ed Markey about the keystone pipelines. Keystone pipelines is an oil sand pipeline system, started in June 2010, that runs from Western Canadian Sedimentary Base in Alberta through refineries in Illinois and Texas and also to oil farms and pipelines in Cushing, Oklahoma. TransCanada Corporation first proposed the this project on February 9, 2005. However, this existing pipeline is expected to have 1,700 new miles of pipeline added to it, Keystone XL Pipeline, two new sections of expansion

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    February 2015 Spring Research Paper: Keystone XL Pipeline The Keystone XL pipeline is a proposed expansion of the existing Keystone system, being proposed to transport greater volumes of Canadian oil sands crude to world market. It would transport Canadian crude oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast for refining or export. Trans Canada’s proposed XL pipeline has emerged as a symbolic flashpoint in the complex debate over energy, the environment, and the economy. Pipeline advocates argue that the project will

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    The Keystone pipeline runs from Alberta to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. TransCanada want to rebuild it to go through Saskatchewan, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. This company has a bad history of their pipelines leaking, they were responsible for North America's biggest inland oil spill into the Kalamazoo River. The pipeline also goes through private property, native lands, and state parks which can not just harm humans but animals too by ruining their habitat and contaminating water and

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    expansion on the Keystone Pipeline ("The Keystone conundrum" 1). This was not the end of the Keystone XL debate though, TransCanada, the company that hopes to build the pipeline, is suing the United States for being in violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (Tucker 1). There is so much controversy surrounding the pipeline because it is not only an economic matter but also an environmental issue. Expanding the already existing Keystone Pipeline, creating the XL Pipeline, would be a

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    driving your car? How about the heat in your home? If you answered no to any of these you are not opposed to the building of the Keystone Pipeline. Oil is the cornerstone of American economy. The United States’ dependence on oil trumps any other country in the world. America is the largest oil consumer in the world followed by China. The building of the Keystone Pipeline is an opportunity to strengthen our nations economy and energy future. Wouldn’t it be nice if the petroleum obtained by the United

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    the Keystone pipeline system controversy has caused a major disturbance in the political regime due to its heavily disputed factual evidence. Ever since construction began in 2008 and it was commissioned in 2010, the Phase I portion of the pipeline has been haunted by talk of the possible expansion causing disorder among environmentalists and preservationists. While Phase II and Phase III have been completed since the current date, Phase IV, commonly referred to as the Keystone XL pipeline, has

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