Keystone Pipeline clears final hurdle, proving that pipeline safety is for the weak

As TransCanada Pipeline officials continue to clean up a leak in the Keystone Pipeline near Amherst, South Dakota, the Nebraska Public Service Commission voted 3-to-2 on Monday to approve the controversial extension of the pipeline through seven counties in that state. 

The approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline constitutes the final major regulatory hurdle to constructing the controversial pipeline, which would carry about 800,000 barrels of oil per day from the oil sands region of Canada to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico, where it would then be exported to the global market. 

The Public Service Commission was not allowed to take the new spill, or even pipeline safety in general, into account in making its decision.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Keystone Pipeline clears final hurdle, proving that pipeline safety is for the weak