http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/10/what-are-the-keystonexl-pipeline-risks-to-water-resources/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/10/what-are-the-keystonexl-pipeline-risks-to-water-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-169644 Peter Gleick: The Keystone XL Pipeline — Red Herring, Symbol, or a Piece of a Puzzle? | Circle of Blue WaterNews Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:51:49 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18683#comment-169644 [...] threat to global climate is small. Opponents cite concerns about pipeline spills and safety, major water contamination and consumption during production and transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, and expanded dependence on fossil [...]

]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/10/what-are-the-keystonexl-pipeline-risks-to-water-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-154969 Conservation Science News February 15, 2013 | PRBO Science News Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:06:43 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18683#comment-154969 [...] threat to global climate is small. Opponents cite concerns about pipeline spills and safety, major water contamination and consumption during production and transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, and expanded dependence on fossil [...]

]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/10/what-are-the-keystonexl-pipeline-risks-to-water-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-153341 The Keystone XL Pipeline: Red herring, symbol, or a piece of a puzzle? [Significant Figures] ← Test Blog Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:24:18 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18683#comment-153341 [...] threat to global climate is small. Opponents cite concerns about pipeline spills and safety, major water contamination and consumption during production and transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, and expanded dependence on fossil [...]

]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/10/what-are-the-keystonexl-pipeline-risks-to-water-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-153020 The Keystone XL Pipeline: Red herring, symbol, or a piece of a puzzle? – Significant Figures Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:30:29 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18683#comment-153020 [...] threat to global climate is small. Opponents cite concerns about pipeline spills and safety, major water contamination and consumption during production and transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, and expanded dependence on fossil [...]

]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/10/what-are-the-keystonexl-pipeline-risks-to-water-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-24171 Julia Apland Hitz Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:39:32 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18683#comment-24171 As you say, David, a review of the full range of potential Keystone XL impacts would be a much larger undertaking. Thank you for contributing to the discussion.

]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/10/what-are-the-keystonexl-pipeline-risks-to-water-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-24163 David Groenfeldt Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:28:15 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18683#comment-24163 This is a refreshing overview, laying out the arguments on both sides of the pipeline issue, but that’s exactly the problem. By focusing only on the environmental impacts of the pipeline, the “forest” of Tar Sands mining and the impact on those lands (in Canada) and on the planet, are left out of the picture. The “real” environmental impacts of the pipeline include all those scales, just as corporations concerned about the sustainability of their products have to include their whole production line in their analysis. The US State Department has adopted Britain’s strategy of “Divide and Conquer” in holding community sessions along the proposed pipeline route and asking, in effect, whether those folks are interested in jobs. Of course they are! But taking a larger frame, there is a huge environmental, economic, cultural (the native tribes in Alberta have been fighting the Tar Sands for years with little press coverage) and moral cost to building the pipeline. If you’re interested in this kind of perspective, check out the Water Ethics Network (click on http://www.waterculture.org > Initiatives > Water Ethics Network).

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