High blog praise today for Nebraska rancher Randy Thompson, who is willing to reveal the terms of the ultimatum TransCanada has issued him in its quest to take his land for its Keystone XL pipeline. Thompson tells the Vancouver Sun…
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The Western Organization of Resource Councils reminds me that the State Department is taking public comment on the revised Keystone XL Environmental Impact Statement until June 6. That's Monday! Tell the State Department that the latest EIS isn't much better…
I've mentioned previously the possibility that the infamous Koch brothers might have a stake in seeing TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline plowed across the Great Plains. Koch Industries insists it has "no financial interest" in the project. Congressmen Henry…
Canadian tar sands oil has been flowing again beneath our fair prairie with minimal incident this week. TransCanada's Keystone pipeline, which was only supposed to leak maybe once every seven years, blew a pumping station gasket for the eleventh time…
TransCanada's Keystone tar sands oil pipeline has already leaked four times on South Dakota soil in its first year of operation. What will life be like along the Keystone pipeline and its proposed Keystone XL companion line across West River…
I look up from my computer and see gales of snow blowing across my soggy yard and over whitecaps on the lake. The U.S. State Department appears to be getting snowed. The department has issued a supplemental environmental impact statement,…
Sure, the New York Times has come out in opposition to TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, but what do those guys know? They don't live here. Let's ask some Great Plains neighbors what they think of piping some…
South Dakotans rejoice! The U.S. State Department has wisely decided to subject TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline to a longer environmental review. That means at least a few months that we can delay even higher gasoline prices and toxic spills for…