Energy investment is a matter of cost-benefit analysis. On two major tar sands oil projects, TransCanada's Keystone pipeline system and Hyperion's proposed Union County refinery, we are told that the environmental harm is justified by the benefits of making more…
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Last year's BP oil rig explosion and spill are still having numerous health, environmental, and economic impacts. Among the lesser known neurological impacts: political amnesia. It appears that Big Oil can cause Intern Kristi Noem and her Republican colleagues on…
Blog neighbor Doug Maurstad continues to marvel at the shifting stories from the Hyperion windbags who claim they can build a profitable oil refinery in his beloved Union County. He says that instead of supporting Texas pipe dreams, we'd be…
Congresswoman Kristi Noem isn't content with making up facts; now she's making up words: Fact: requiring oil companies to follow rules isn't a moratorium on drilling any more than requiring you to buy auto insurance is a moratorium on driving.…
Don't tax me, Don't tax thee, Tax the Canadians Behind the pipeline tree! Why is a pipeline tax so hard to pass? Most legislators are terrified that if they vote to raise property tax or sales tax or even whisper…
Governor Daugaard insists that we can't raise taxes. He frets that taxes now could hinder economic growth, even though his 10% budget cuts could do even more damage to the South Dakota economy. So Governor Daugaard, tell us what's not…
A couple weeks ago, Plains Justice brought to my attention a persuasive argument that TransCanada's real customers for the tar sands oil it wants to ship across the prairie in the Keystone XL pipeline are not the Americans from whom…
TransCanada has told us their Keystone pipeline system will be "good for America, good for South Dakota." Unlike certain big-energy mouthpieces, I have challenged that marketing assertion. Now the National Wildlife Federation finds industry documents that prove the Keystone pipelines…