The Keystone XL Pipeline is a proposed tar sands pipeline that would stretch 1700 miles from Alberta Canada to the Gulf Coast in Texas. It's a project proposed by TransCanada, and could ship up to 900,000 barrels of tar sand oil a day. This particular type of oil is difficult to extract and considered much dirtier than crude oil. (see fact sheet)
The pipeline would traverse Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas - passing under significant portions of our countrys agricultural heartland, and leaving our rivers and water aquifers at risk of pollution from pipeline leaks. In 2010 alone the Enbridge pipeline, which runs from Alberta through the great lake states, spilled over one million gallons of tar sands oil. TransCanada's recently completed Keystone pipeline has already had three spills.
The Keystone XL Pipeline is not worth the devastating environmental impacts it will cause - the potential for water, air, and land pollution is far too great, not to mention the health risks that come with increased emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, and other toxins.
In order for the construction of the pipeline to begin, a presidential permit is required. In other words, President Obama has the power to prevent this pipeline from being built.
Please sign the petition and pass it along to others. Thank you for taking the time to act.
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