Keystone XL: The Pipeline to Energy Security
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Authors
Lee Terry
Issue Date
2012
Volume
46
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|The Keystone XL Pipeline ("Keystone XL") represents one of the most promising economic opportunities currently available. When government officials talk about an economic opportunity for the country, often they should be talking about an opportunity for the federal government to get out of the way. Keystone XL is one such opportunity. Nonetheless, critics hope the government will block Keystone XL's construction based on several concerns: that Keystone XL would carry a type of oil that is especially corrosive, that greenhouse gas emissions would be especially high with the type of product it will transport, that oil and gas prices could actually increase as a result of increased petroleum supply , or that the use of carbon based fuels could continue for some time...
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46 Creighton L. Rev. 61(2012-2013)
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Creighton University School of Law