Study: No emissions impact from Keystone Pipeline - WASHINGTON - TopicsExpress



          

Study: No emissions impact from Keystone Pipeline - WASHINGTON — A new study has backed an earlier finding by the State Department that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will have “no material impact” on greenhouse-gas emissions, a crucial factor the White House is expected to weigh when it decides whether to approve the project. The report, produced by consulting and research firm IHS CERA Inc., after consultation with industry, policymakers and nongovernment organizations, found that without the pipeline, the use of alternate transportation routes would lead to oil-sands production growth rising or going unchanged. The conclusions were similar to those found in March by the State Department in its environmental review of the proposed pipeline. TransCanada Corp.’s pipeline would transport oil-sands crude from Canada’s Alberta province and oil from the northern United States to Texas coast refineries. President Barack Obama has said the pipeline’s impact on future carbon emissions would be a major factor in determining whether to approve it.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:47:33 +0000

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