Citing the threat to public health and how the project would hasten the climate crisis, nurses have been on the front line of protests against Keystone, a 1,700-mile pipeline that would transport 830,000 barrels of dirty tar sands oil every day from Alberta, Canada to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, largely for export. read more
When crude oil is pumped out of the ground, it's full of impurities that have to be removed before the crude can be turned into gasoline and other petroleum products. read more
There are many reasons to oppose the building of an oil pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, to the refineries off the shores of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. One: The employment impact of this Keystone XL pipeline will be far less than advertised. read more