Cornell University, Global Land Institute / by Lara Skinner and Sean Sweeney
http://bit.ly/wLeLd5
State Dept. testimony (video): http://cs.pn/ADJ55C
[From an Energy Wire article by Pamela King, sub req'd] The controversial Keystone XL pipeline would destroy agriculture and tourism jobs in the states through which it would run, according to a new report from Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute (GLI).
The proposed 1,700-mile pipeline would cut through the U.S. breadbasket, transporting Canadian oil sands to a terminus in Louisiana. A bitumen spill — which the report said is almost inevitable — in the farm- and tourist-heavy region would cause workers to lose jobs, businesses to close and residents to relocate, the GLI researchers wrote…
