The Keystone XL pipeline would increase America’s energy security and strengthen our relationship with Canada. The pipeline would bring in an additional 830,000 barrels of North American oil per day, reducing our need to import oil from unstable regimes overseas.
As the most recent Environmental Impact Statement finds, pipelines are safe and protect the environment. Canada will develop their oil reserves regardless of your decision about Keystone XL, and the oil will find its way to dirtier refineries in China via less efficient tankers. Not to mention the fact that Keystone XL will create thousands of jobs here at home and serve as a long-term investment in communities where our energy manufacturers and refineries will be benefit from this vital supply of reliable energy.