{"id":49379,"date":"2015-01-27T08:40:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T15:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/27\/keystone-xl-is-critical-for-what-was-that-again.html"},"modified":"2015-01-27T08:40:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T15:40:44","slug":"keystone-xl-is-critical-for-what-was-that-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/27\/keystone-xl-is-critical-for-what-was-that-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Keystone XL is critical for … what was that again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two main arguments made by the GOP and Petro lobby (not necessarily the same thing) are:<\/p>\n

1. Jobs!
2. Energy independence!<\/p>\n

So you'd think two Democratic amendments to the GOP's "Regulator Review by Legislative Fiat" Keystone bill that (a) create more American jobs and (b) pushes for energy independence would be shoo-ins.<\/p>\n

But a Democratic amendment to (a) require US manufactured steel be used for the pipeline and (b) require the oil refined to be kept within the US rather than exported abroad, as is the plan, were both handily defeated. <\/p>\n

Now, assuming it wasn't just political, I'm sure there were fine economic and market reasons (for the pipeline builder and tar sands producer) to want these bills defeated. But let's not pretend any longer that Keystone XL is about creating jobs or promoting US energy independence. It's not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nRepublicans say no to American-made steel for Keystone XL<\/a><\/span>
\nRepublicans like to point to Keystone XL as one of their signature jobs bills and, when oil prices are high, like to …\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The two main arguments made by the GOP and Petro lobby (not necessarily the same thing) are: 1. Jobs!2. Energy independence! So you'd think two Democratic amendments to the GOP's "Regulator Review by Legislative Fiat" Keystone bill that (a) create more American jobs and (b) pushes for energy independence would be shoo-ins. But a Democratic … Continue reading “Keystone XL is critical for … what was that again?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133142,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/24\/remember-that-blocked-keystone-xl-pipeline-yeah-trump-approved-it.html","url_meta":{"origin":49379,"position":0},"title":"Remember that blocked Keystone XL pipeline? 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As the article notes, there is plenty of existing pipeline capacity to the US from Canada. But all those pipelines end at refineries in the Midwest; the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26157,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/why-public-policy-surveys-are-frequently-a-bit-dodgy.html","url_meta":{"origin":49379,"position":3},"title":"Why public policy surveys are frequently a bit dodgy","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Feb-12 10:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because the questions, at best, are oversimplified, and, at worst, intentionally framed to deliver a result. 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