It isn’t just a possible contamination of our aquifers, but the effects to our environment and all living things. Mni ki un wiconi, mni ki un wiconzani! Our people know this, ranchers and farmers know this. Go into any grocery store and walk through the aisles, most of the meat, poultry, pork, produce, wheat products, processed and canned goods come from this “sparsely populated” corridor from the Canadian border to Texas. There are processing plants in this corridor dependent on water from the Ogallala Aquifer. Many of us take it for granted we should always have an abundance of food and no shortage of water. An oil leak into the aquifer would certainly change every aspect of our lives and the lives of people in other countries who are dependent on wheat, barley, oats, soy and other processed and dehydrated food products shipped overseas as part of trade agreements through USDA? Imagine a leak into the aquifers not just from Keystone XL, but contamination and pollution from other natural resource developers who purport existing but untried safety measures when drilling through an aquifer. When the resources are exhausted they pack up and leave their contamination and pollution behind. What do they care that thousands of lives are affected or will be affected? indianz/News/2013/011729.asp
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:59:01 +0000