Most people have heard of the Keystone XL pipeline. To many though it’s not clear why there’s so much controversy about the project. The basics are simple: The proposed pipeline to be built by TransCanada would carry 830,000 barrels of oil per day from the oil sands down to Nebraska. Supporters contend it will create jobs and bolster the flow of oil from […]
Oil sands myths
Let’s address the green myths that developing Canada’s oils sands will be “game over for the climate” and that the Keystone XL pipeline is the “fuse to the biggest carbon bomb on the planet.” The first myth stems from a May 9, 2012 New York Times column by James Hansen, the retired director of NASA’s […]