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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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ok-sus-bounces@lists.oksustainability.org
[mailto:ok-sus-bounces@lists.oksustainability.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harlan
Hentges<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 03, 2010 3:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> okc@sustainableokc.org; 'Sustainability Issues in Oklahoma'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ok-sus] Meeting on Tar Sands Pipeline May 4, 2010, from 7 to 9
p.m. at the Best Western Motor Lodge in Stroud, Oklahoma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Sorry for the short notice. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Canada’s Tar Sands Oil Will Hurt Oklahoma <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Americans want clean energy,
energy security and a safe environment. In Oklahoma this means wind power,
solar power and natural gas. So why is the Obama administration about to
approve a pipeline that would import tar sands oil (the dirtiest oil there is)
from Canada. This pipeline, known as the Keystone XL, will have a direct and
negative impact on Oklahoma’s economy, environmental and its people all
the way from the Kansas border to the Red River. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The State Department is holding a
public meeting on Keystone XL pipeline on May 4, 2010, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Best Western Motor Lodge in Stroud, Oklahoma. The purpose of the meeting is to
hear from the public on the impacts of this pipeline. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>On April 16, 2010, the Department
of State released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a massive
pipeline designed to carry tar sands from Canada into the U.S. The Keystone
Pipeline would be a 1,380 miles long, 36-inch diameter pipe that would enter
the U.S. in Montana and cross through South Dakota and Nebraska in order to
send its 700,000 barrel/day supply of tar sands to stations in Oklahoma and
Texas where it would be refined into gasoline.<span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>Approval
of the Keystone XL pipeline will increase </span>U.S. dependence on Canadian
oil and threaten our national security. The Canadian Tar Sands is one of the
most expensive sources of oil on Earth. Greater reliance on this expensive
source of oil is a national security issue. According to Jonathan Powers of the
Truman National Security Project, every $5 increase in the global price of
crude oil represents an additional $7.9 billion for Iran and President
Ahmadinejad and an additional $4.7 billion for Venezuela and President Chavez. This
means that buying expensive Tar Sand Crude from our friendly neighbor to the
north drives up global prices that enrich unfriendly countries.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'>The Canadian
government has been pressuring the U.S. government to increase our dependence
on this dirty, expensive, foreign fuel. The owner of the pipeline, TransCanada,
has been lobbying our state and county governments as well. This foreign owned
company convinced Kansas to give it property tax breaks at the expense of
Kansas citizens. Already in Oklahoma, TransCanada has repeatedly used the power
of eminent domain to take privately owned land and force farmers and ranchers
out of its way. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'>Tar sands oil
directly competes with homegrown jobs in clean energy as well as domestic oil
and gas production. This pipeline will take away opportunities for Oklahoma and
America to transition to an independent energy sector.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'>Anyone who
cares about water should be concerned about this project. The pipeline crosses
the Ogallala aquifer, the single most important source of water in the High
Plains region. The pipeline crosses 554 acres of wetlands and 91 streams that
support recreational or commercial fisheries (18 in Montana, 10 in South
Dakota, 15 in Nebraska, 16 in Oklahoma, and 32 in Texas). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'>An accident
in this oil pipeline would jeopardize sensitive environmental areas, especially
wetlands, flowing streams and rivers that supply water for municipalities and
commercial/industrial users. David Kromm, an expert on groundwater management,
writes, “the future economy of the High Plains depends heavily on the
Ogallala Aquifer, the main source of water for all uses. The Ogallala will
continue to be the lifeblood of the region only if it is managed properly to
limit both depletion and contamination.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The State Department has not include
a “full and fair discussion” of all “direct,”
“indirect,” and “cumulative” effects of this project.
Most importantly, the <span style='color:black'>Department of State did not
consider the option of not approving this pipeline. Our government’s own
Energy Information Administration (EIA) finds that demand for oil has decreased
and will be flat through 2030 in the United States. </span>The U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) projects that net imports of U.S. crude oil
and petroleum products will decline from 12.1 MMbd in 2007 to 8.3 MMbd in 2030.
U.S. petroleum consumption is expected to remain relatively flat out to 2030. <span
style='color:black'>Disturbingly, the Department of State’s document
fails to consider that we do not need this pipeline. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Tar sands crude is not the same
as conventional crude – most studies estimate that the synthetic crude
oil produced from tar sands emits 20% more pollution than conventional oil. <span
style='color:black'>As a result, the pollution from this project is staggering.
Building this one pipeline would result in approximately 38 million metric tons
of additional emissions per year, the equivalent of adding over six million
cars to the road! </span>The tar sands are found beneath the Canadian Boreal
Forest. The Keystone XL pipeline, which would increase the import of foreign
oil to the United States, will also increase destruction of the forest and
draining of huge peat-bogs in the Boreal Forest. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>The Domestic Energy Producers
Association has come out strongly against the project. Supporters of clean
energy are against the project. Native Americans from Canada to Texas oppose
this pipeline. The farmers and ranchers whose land is being taken oppose the
project. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>In Oklahoma, farmers, cowmen,
Indians, oil producers, gas producers and environmentalists all oppose this
pipeline. The State Department needs to listen to the people impacted by the
pipeline and it needs to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline project. To add your
voice to the opposition to this pipeline visit come to the Keystone XL Hearing
on May 4, 2010, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Best Western Motor Lodge in Stroud,
Oklahoma. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Harlan Hentges (405) 808-7669<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Rosemary Crawford (405) 206-3979<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Center for Energy Matters<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>1015 G Waterwood Parkway<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Suite C-1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Edmond Oklahoma 73034<o:p></o:p></p>
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