CALGARY— Alberta is releasing another series of advertisements in U.S. publications aimed at convincing Americans that approving the Keystone XL pipeline would benefit both sides of the border.
The advertisements, which carry a $77,000-price tag, are being rolled out in the Washington Post and news websites this week as Premier Alison Redford returns to Capitol Hill to pitch power brokers on the value of the controversial oil pipeline.
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In a big symbolic victory for proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline, the Senate on Friday approved a measure introduced by Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) to approve its construction. Though non-binding, the vote marks the most recent attempt by Republicans to pressure President Barack Obama to move forward with the controversial project.
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The Alberta government, continuing to press its case for the Keystone XL pipeline, took out an ad in Sunday’s New York Times newspaper, tying the controversial project to core American values and to U.S. pride in its military.
The half-page ad is headlined “Keystone XL: The Choice of Reason.”
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The cherry-red crane looms emphatically over the grey industrial landscape of the Houston shipping channel where a refinery processes crude oil into gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products.
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Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline should consider one consequence of delays in building the oil pipeline – an increase in dirtier and more dangerous rail transport, a TransCanada Corp. executive said Thursday.
Alex Pourbaix, president of energy and oil pipelines at the Calgary-based pipeline and utility company, says although rail has an important role to play in moving oilsands crude to market, there are downsides to consider.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department says TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline won’t have a significant impact on Alberta’s oilsands development, a finding that might make it easier for the White House to approve the controversial project.
A State Department official told reporters that the pipeline isn’t likely to significantly impact the rate of development of the oilsands or the demand for heavy crude oil in the United States.
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I’m proud to say Alberta applauds and shares the President’s strong desire to address climate change and we’re already taking action.
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WASHINGTON – Alberta Premier Alison Redford came to Washington Friday determined to sell the Keystone XL pipeline to a nation who’s climate change concerns are increasing with each new hurricane, drought and wildfire. On Sunday she flew back confident – but “not at all smug” – that the 1,800-kilometre pipeline is on its way to approval.
“I’m very optimistic,” she said. “There is strong bipartisan support for this project.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY – While the debate continues over whether the United States will approve a proposed oil conduit from Canada to the Gulf Coast, the segment from Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Gulf Coast is halfway toward completion and could be transporting oil by the end of the year.
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With four million members in the United States and Canada, Sean McGarvey, president of the building and construction trades unit of the mighty AFL-CIO, is the type of Keystone XL pipeline backer the U.S. president cannot ignore.
Trade unions such as the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organizations — the United States’ largest union federation — had a big hand in Barack Obama’s re-election, much like the environmental movement that opposes the Alberta-to-Texas oil sands pipeline.
And their patience with the anti-XL camp is wearing thin.
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