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http://dirtyoilsands.org/blog/article/new_infographic_shows_how_keystone_pipelines_are_built_to_spill
By Emma Pullman | DeSmog Blog
/Monday, August 29, 2011/
Read this blog post on the originating site
<http://desmogblog.com/new-infographic-shows-how-keystone-pipelines-are-built-spill>
TransCanada claims their pipelines are the safest in the continent. And
the State Department seems inclined to agree having released their Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline last
week. They find that the pipeline poses "no significant impacts" to the
environment, and advise the project move forward.
So what about the 12 spills along the Keystone I line in its first year
of operation? Since commencing operation in June of 2010, the Keystone I
pipeline has suffered more spills than any other 1st year pipeline in
U.S. history.
In addition to a nasty spill record, the proposed Keystone XL will cross
one of the largest aquifers in the world -- the Ogallala -- which
supplies drinking water to millions and provides 30% of the nation's
groundwater used for irrigation. Pipeline construction will also disrupt
20,782 acres, including 11,485 acres of native and modified grassland,
rangeland and pastureland, and pipeline construction will threaten
sensitive wildlife and aquatic species habitats.
According to the EPA, carbon emissions from tar sands crude are
approximately 82% higher than the average crude refined in the U.S.
Given the extremely toxic nature of tar sands bitumen and the fact that
Keystone is TransCanada's first wholly owned pipeline in the U.S., it
seems reasonable to look to TransCanada's performance with Keystone I
for clues on how it would manage Keystone XL.
And the clues are telling.
For one, Keystone I is the youngest pipeline to have been considered an
immediate threat to life, property and the environment by pipeline
safety regulators.
This Keystone pipeline infographic
<http://desmogblog.com/new-infographic-shows-how-keystone-pipelines-are-built-spill>
shows the spills documented in TransCanada's publicly released safety
records alongside the proposed route for Keystone XL, and indicates key
risk areas near waterways and major metropolitan areas.
Check out the infographic
<http://desmogblog.com/new-infographic-shows-how-keystone-pipelines-are-built-spill>,
and head over to the Huffington Post
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/29/keystone-pipeline-infographic_n_941069.html>
to read more.
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