A few oil spills now and then are nothing compared to sunburns. END SOLAR NOW. The Nebraska Public Service Commission voted today, 3 to 2, to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline across the state, the last regulatory step needed to extend the existing Keystone pipeline from the tar sands of Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The vote came just four days after the existing part of the pipeline spilled about 210,000 gallons of the thick, nasty goo in South Dakota, which is hardly anything, you'll be glad to know -- if you use a different measurement, it's merely 5,000 barrels -- and there weren't even any seabirds around to make for unfortunate photos.
Of course, tar sands sludge doesn't belong anywhere NEAR drinking or irrigation water, but since the Ogallala Aquifer is being pumped out much faster than it's being replenished, maybe it won't even be there to be trashed. #WaterKeeper
Actually, one of my friends has a business of going around the nation cleaning up oiled birds and animals. She's constantly on the road with her rig--a semi with animal cleaning stations in the trailer. We can hardly get together for lunch there's so many damn leaks all over the country.
Under Il Douche, that counts toward the national economy. Nebraska's elected officials will be pumping their "campaign contributions" into the economy as well, so it's a win-win proposition.(Unless, of course, you live in Wisconsin, but fuck those people, right?)
Comes in by Keystone pipeline, goes out by tanker. A dozen jobs, at best. You can, in fact, explain it: money. Specifically, more money for the already rich.
Can you tell everyone who sat on their ass last year instead of voting in the election that please? (I was making fun of them by the way with my comment)
Except that once Trump's done with our environmental laws, there won't be a federal government to pay for cleanup. I hope you don't think states will do it. How long have residents of Flint, Michigan been without potable water?
No need to worry. With decades of having pesticides, herbacides, and acres of cow and pig shit leaching into the ground water, no one will notice the taste of a little oil.
Of course, tar sands sludge doesn't belong anywhere NEAR drinking or irrigation water, but since the Ogallala Aquifer is being pumped out much faster than it's being replenished, maybe it won't even be there to be trashed. #WaterKeeper
Actually, one of my friends has a business of going around the nation cleaning up oiled birds and animals. She's constantly on the road with her rig--a semi with animal cleaning stations in the trailer. We can hardly get together for lunch there's so many damn leaks all over the country.
It remains to be sheen.
Reluctant upvote:(
Under Il Douche, that counts toward the national economy. Nebraska's elected officials will be pumping their "campaign contributions" into the economy as well, so it's a win-win proposition.(Unless, of course, you live in Wisconsin, but fuck those people, right?)
"Because money is more important than people."
FIFY.
If the pipeline is as good as their whiskey, we’re all good and fucked.Also. Too.
Comes in by Keystone pipeline, goes out by tanker. A dozen jobs, at best. You can, in fact, explain it: money. Specifically, more money for the already rich.
Republicans are Vogon agents??That explains a lot.Hell, that explains everything.
Who cares, if there's a buck to be made?
So, not like NYC at all.
"Will that count for 5 times the votes?"
No, it will count as one vote . . . for the Refucklicans. Sleep well, dumbshits.
Can you tell everyone who sat on their ass last year instead of voting in the election that please? (I was making fun of them by the way with my comment)
Except that once Trump's done with our environmental laws, there won't be a federal government to pay for cleanup. I hope you don't think states will do it. How long have residents of Flint, Michigan been without potable water?
“pipeline safety is a federal responsibility and should not factor in the state decision.”
Does that mean when the pipeline ruptures, the oil is only going to spill in the federal and not in the state?
At least it was 3-2 and not 5-0, indicating that not everyone in Nebr-nebr land is an idiot.
No need to worry. With decades of having pesticides, herbacides, and acres of cow and pig shit leaching into the ground water, no one will notice the taste of a little oil.