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Keystone XL Pipeline Could Cost More Jobs Than It Creates

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Mon, 2012-03-19 17:11 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Gina-Marie Cheeseman - triplepundit.com - March 19, 2012

The proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline would carry oil extracted from Alberta, Canada’s tar sands through six states: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Although many proponents of the pipeline make a big deal about the jobs it would create, the six states would only gain about 20 permanent pipeline operation jobs, according to a report by Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute. Meanwhile, the agricultural and tourism sectors that are already major employers in those states would be affected greatly by a major spill.

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Mon, 2012-03-19 17:20 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Dan Frosch - nytimes.com - March 13, 2012

A report released on Tuesday by Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute concludes that the economic damage caused by potential spills from the Keystone XL pipeline could far outweigh the benefits of jobs created by the project.

The institute, which advocates the creation of union jobs in renewable energy and analyzes sustainability issues, said that more than a million people work in agricultural or tourism jobs in the six states along Keystone XL’s route and that the economic costs could be considerable if a major spill occurred.

The risks of an economically damaging accident are higher than those for conventional crude, the report said, because pipelines carrying oil sands crude are more prone to spills, an argument long made by opponents of the Keystone XL project.

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A Report by Cornell University Global Labor Institute - The Impact of Tar Sands Pipeline Spills on Employment and the Economy (24 page .PDF file)

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/research/upload/GLI_Impact-of-Tar-Sands-Pipeline-Spills.pdf

Wed, 2013-03-27 17:51 — Kathy Gilbeaux

For additional information on the Keystone Pipeline project, click on the link below.

http://us.resiliencesystem.org/transcanada-representative-says-pipeline-benefiting-local-economies-cornell-university-study-conclud

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