Competing Keystone Claims From: FactCheck. com January 15, 2015 Two senators on opposite sides of the Keystone XL pipeline debate are selectively spinning the facts to make their case: Democratic Sen. Chris Coons says approval of the Keystone pipeline “means unlocking the Canadian tar sands,” when in fact the oil he refers to is already moving to market in large volume by other means and so can’t be “locked” simply by stopping the pipeline. GOP Sen. John Hoeven says “42,000 jobs are supported by this project,” adding that “construction jobs are good jobs.” But only 3,900 of those jobs would be in construction, and they would last only a couple of years. Once completed, the pipeline would take only 35 employees and a handful of contractors to operate. >>>> ‘Unlocking the Canadian Tar Sands’ > Creating Jobs
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:22:37 +0000
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