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Saturday, June 21, 2008

TransCanada to Hold West River Meetings on Pipeline in Pipeline

Hold onto your land deeds, West River readers: TransCanada is coming to your neighborhood. Those land-thievin' Canucks intend to double their profits on our oil addiction by running another pipeline from the tar sands down to U.S. refineries. The Keystone XL (that's "Xtra Large") will carry 700,000 to 900,000 barrels of oil per day (the pipeline coming through stolen East River land will carry a maximum of "only" 590,000 bpd). To create the appearance of seeking our input, TransCanada will hold five public meetings starting next week:
  • Monday, Buffalo, Harding County Memorial Recreation Center
  • Tesday, Faith, Faith Legion Club
  • Wednesday, Philip, Philip High School Fine Arts Building
  • Thursday, Murdo, Murdo Elementary School Mini Gym
  • Monday, June 30, Winner, Holiday Inn Express (Douglas, pick me up a pamphlet or two, and tell me if they serve hors d'oeuvres!)
The show runs in each town from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., with company reps giving the formal spiel at 4 and 6 p.m.
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5 comments:

  1. Stan Gibilisco6/22/2008 3:16 AM

    Are these the same Canadians who are so enlightened when it comes to health care? I don't get it.

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  2. caheidelberger6/22/2008 6:06 AM

    Canadians aren't perfect; they're as addicted to fossil fuels as we are.

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  3. Anonymous6/22/2008 7:38 AM

    Cory, Why do you always cast the companies who provide you energy, you know one of the very basic things you need to survive and thrive in this modern world and run this blog for that matter in such a negative light? If you are so fed up with them, why don't you turn off your power, or install a windmill at your home?

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  4. caheidelberger6/22/2008 7:46 AM

    Off point: Perhaps for the same reason you graciously thank the community for providing tax dollars to support your for-profit business while railing against having to pay taxes to help the sick and the poor?

    On point: providing energy doesn't give companies carte blanche to override property rights or environmental safety.

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  5. Erin6/23/2008 10:46 AM

    Actually, Matt, we'd LOVE to install a windmill on our property. But the lowest we can do that for is about $15,000. We still have a way to go before being able to cough up that cash. If we had that right now, we'd be looking into a residential windmill and some solar panels as well.

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