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Keystone XL Pipeline Could Cost More Jobs Than It Creates

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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