Keystone Pipeline Pros And Cons

Keystone Pipeline

The Keystone Pipeline XL System Project, is a pipeline system project which will be used to transport crude oil from Northeastern Alberta, Canada to multiple destinations in the United States. The proposed new pipeline would have the capacity to deliver up to 700,000 barrels of crude oil a day to the United States,and would approximately cost a total of 7 billion dollars.This proposed project is an on going controversial issue involving our countries Executive and Legislative branches battling over the proposed oil pipeline.As a facility connecting the United States with a foreign country, the pipeline requires a Presidential Permit from the State Department. In order to receive such permit required visitation with other…show more content…
“The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011(P.L. 112-78), enacted on December 23, 2011, included provisions requiring the Secretary of State to issue a permit for the project within 60 days, unless the President publicly determined the project not to be in the national interest”(Parformak). Well President Obama found the 60 days too short to fulfill such a permit and he denied the permit once again. I honestly think all the veto power that is issued in our government is ridiculous. With this power in our political system nothing new ever gets a chance to be implemented into our lives. I mean I agree with Congress that such a big project would certainly be beneficial to the economy and open up a huge amount of job opportunities. The opposers believe that the issue will hurt the environment and this to them is too big of a risk to take. Well I’ve heard Obama state before we need to bring more jobs to our country at home, well wouldn’t this be a perfect chance at doing that? There are two branches of government here battling back and forth between the pros and cons of the proposed new project, but in my opinion the President is wrong and the pro’s certainly outweigh the…show more content…
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