State Dept. hears from Kan., Texas on Keystone oil pipeline
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Environmentalists lined up to tell representatives from the State Department they oppose the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which would move oil to the Texas coast from Canada.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Environmentalists lined up to tell representatives from the State Department they oppose the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which would move oil to the Texas coast from Canada.
Rabbi Moti Rieber, coordinator of Kansas Interfaith Power & Light, a religious and environmental group, joined the orderly procession of speakers Monday, calling the 1,700-pipeline "a direct threat" to Kansas' natural resources because of possible spills.
Gov. Sam Brownback said he supports the pipeline because it would boost national security by giving the U.S. a steady source of oil from a "friendly nation that's next door."
Labor union members said they support the pipeline because of the jobs it would create.
The State Department also is holding hearings in Texas, Montana, and elsewhere this week before decide whether approve the pipeline.
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