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The real numbers.[TransCanada chief executive Russ] Girling said Friday that the 13,000 figure was "one person, one year," meaning that if the construction jobs lasted two years, the number of people employed in each of the two years would be 6,500. That brings the company's number closer to the State Department's; State says the project would create 5,000 to 6,000 construction jobs, a figure that was calculated by its contractor Cardno Entrix. Well there you go. Straight from the source. Obama and the Republicans are all full of crap. It sure is not worth the risks. It already has had 14 leaks are you freaking crazy. Head engineers are coming out against it. It is the most toxic substance on earth. 16 times more toxic than crude being pumped over the largest natural water source. 16 billion dollar agriculture and millions of peoples drinking water at risk. A spill happened in 2 years ago and they still can not clean it up. If you are for this you are insane. If the government pass it they need to knock down every foot they put up. It is worth going to jail over. I hope we come up with a new source of energy soon so we can stop big oils exploitation of the world.
 
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U.S. State Dept to approve Keystone pipeline permit...

U.S. State Dept to approve Keystone pipeline permit: Politico
Thu Mar 23, 2017 | The U.S. State Department will approve by Monday the permit needed to proceed with construction of the Canada-to-United States Keystone XL oil pipeline, a project blocked by former President Barack Obama, according to Politico.
The approval of the permit would mark the beginning of process that could be lengthy and complicated by approvals needed by state regulators and legal challenges. But President Donald Trump, a Republican, supports Keystone and days after he took office in January ordered its construction. That could mean that project, first proposed in 2008, will eventually be completed. The State Department's undersecretary for political affairs, Tom Shannon, will approve the cross-border permit for TransCanada Corp's pipeline on or before Monday, the report said. Monday is end of the 60-day timeline that Trump ordered in January when he issued an executive order for the construction of Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines. The Keystone pipeline would bring more than 800,000 barrels-per-day of heavy crude from Canada's oil sands to U.S. refineries and ports along the Gulf of Mexico, via an existing pipeline network in Nebraska.

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A depot used to store pipes for Transcanada Corp's planned Keystone XL oil pipeline is seen in Gascoyne, North Dakota​

Obama had rejected the pipeline saying it would do nothing to reduce fuel prices for U.S. motorists and would contribute emissions linked to global warming. TransCanada resubmitted its permit application after Trump's executive order. Spokesman Terry Cunha said the company was working closely with the State Department. "Monday is the deadline, so that's what we're working towards," Cunha said. A State Department official said there was no decision to announce on Keystone. A White House official did not immediately comment. Conservatives said they supported quick approval. Nick Loris, an energy and environment researcher at the Heritage Foundation, said approval would "reestablish some certainty and sanity to a permitting process that was hijacked by political pandering."

Environmental group Greenpeace had pushed for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to recuse himself from a decision on Keystone, as Exxon Mobil Corp, the company Tillerson recently headed, could profit from the pipeline. Tillerson did recuse himself. "We will resist these projects with our allies across the country and across borders, and we will continue to build the future the world wants to see," Diana Best, a Greenpeace climate campaign specialist said. A stretch of Keystone XL also awaits approval from Nebraska regulators. Transcanada has to file its pipeline route plans with the state's Public Service Commission, which is required to hold public hearings on the proposal.

State Dept to approve Keystone pipeline permit: Politico | Reuters
 
It's not clear to me why a pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast is necessary.

There are refineries in N.Dakota that can handle the refinery load.

Why does the pipeline need to go all the way to the Gulf then ??
 
It's not clear to me why a pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast is necessary.

There are refineries in N.Dakota that can handle the refinery load.

Why does the pipeline need to go all the way to the Gulf then ??

Shipping lanes. ;)
 

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