The Canadian oil and gas company TransCanada hopes to begin building a new oil pipeline that would trek close to 2,000 miles from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas. If constructed, the pipeline, known as the Keystone XL, will carry one of the world’s dirtiest fuels: tar sands oil. Along its route from Alberta to Texas, this pipeline could devastate ecosystems and pollute water sources, and would jeopardize public health.
The environmental consequences could be immense. Residuals of the project could include water waste, dirty tar sands, relocation of indigenous peoples, interruption of native species migratory patterns, and destruction of natural habitats.
Please look a the Enbridge oil spill to see how disastrous a pipeline failure can be...