The safety and environmental protection offered by transport from Russia, or by truck and rail should be obvious. Compared to pipelines? Absolutely no comparison!
From Misinformation Watch
Democrats target Keystone pipeline
A group of U.S. Democratic
representatives is attempting to use the findings of
a new technical report on the Keystone pipeline to
justify President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke permits
for the Keystone XL expansion project.
Why is this important?
This is misleading and does not reflect what the
report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office actually says about
the existing pipeline.
Here’s the facts:
The Keystone XL cancellation
order was not tied to pipeline safety concerns
· President
Biden’s January 2021 executive order cancelling the border crossing
permit for Keystone XL makes no mention of any concerns about pipeline
safety.
Keystone is safe
· Keystone
has consistently performed better than the U.S. nationwide average in terms of
number of incidents impacting people or the environment.
· Keystone
has delivered more than three billion barrels of oil since 2010, operating
safely 99.9% of the time.
· TC
Energy has introduced new inspection technology; there have
been no serious incidents in the last 18 months.
· Regulators
in the U.S. have also strengthened safety requirements.
The U.S. needs more oil from Canada
· The Biden
administration is saying NO to more oil supply from
Canada, but it is
saying YES to more oil from the less responsible and
environmentally conscious OPEC+ cartel (which includes Russia).
· The
U.S. is importing 844,000 barrels of oil per day from Russia. Keystone XL
would have satisfied much of this demand
by delivering roughly 830,000 barrels per day of responsibly produced oil from Canada.
See our direct response to these claims at https://twitter.com/CDNEnergyCentre/status/1430300722776715267
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