KXL Update ~ Woodrow Wilson Center: Canada Institute
Canada
Institute Public Policy Scholar Nik Nanos discusses a new
Pew poll showing that 66% of Americans support KXL. The poll indicates
broad support for the pipeline, but
mixed views on fracking. That support was less than evident when President
Obama
visited California for a fundraiser at the home of anti-KXL billionaire
Thomas Steyer; anti-pipeline protestors
were present along the president’s motorcade route. Farmers in Montana are
concerned about the effects that the pipeline will have on their crops.
Thomas Homer-Dixon
took to the pages of the NY Times to voice his concerns about KXL
from a Canadian perspective. Deborah Yedlin of the Calgary Herald pushed
back on some of the facts used in the Homer-Dixon piece. Former NASA
scientist James Hansen and 350.org founder Bill McKibben echoed these concerns
in the LA Times and The
Nation, respectively. Not to be outdone, the National Review’s
Charles Cook did a
feature piece on the oil sands. Meanwhile, the CCEMC has proposed a
research program to find an end use for carbon.
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