With his re-election, the President should quickly approve the Keystone XL pipeline . The pipeline’s construction will
- Create jobs
- Decrease North American dependency on oversea oil, from the Middle East and unfriendly nations
- Help lower the price of gas in the United States.
A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans support building Keystone XL by a 2-to-1 margin.
TransCanada Corp (the pipeline builder) has submitted a new route to address the President’s concerns about the sensitive Sand Hills area of Nebraska.
Further delay will prompt Canada to turn to China for Oil exports. We must not let China seize this source of strategic energy from our backyard.
The President should approve the Keystone
XL pipeline so Americans can be put back to work and pay cheaper gas.