Romney 2012?

The United States is a very large net importer of petroleum and I think you know that.

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Cornell GLI Releases Report on Employment and Economic Impacts of Tar Sands Spills

Cornell GLI’s new briefing paper, The Impact of Tar Sands Pipeline Spills on Employment and the Economy, examines the potentially negative impacts of tar sands oil spills on employment and the economy along the proposed route for the Keystone XL, focusing mainly on the agriculture and tourism sectors. The report also highlights Michigan’s Kalamazoo River spill in 2010- the largest tar sands oil spill in the U.S.

Main Findings include:

The negative impacts on employment and the economy of tar sands pipelines like the Keystone XL have largely been ignored. To date, a comprehensive risk assessment for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline oil spill has not been conducted.
The Keystone XL pipeline would cut through America’s breadbasket. Farming, ranching, and tourism are major sources of employment along the Keystone XL pipeline’s proposed route.
Many of the land areas and bodies of water that Keystone XL will cross provide recreational opportunities vital to the tourism industry.
Recent experience has demonstrated that tar sands spills pose additional dangers to the public and present special challenges in terms of clean up. The Kalamazoo River tar sands spill affected the health of hundreds of residents, displaced residents, hurt businesses, and caused a loss of jobs.
Renewable energy provides a safer route to creating new jobs and a sustainable environment.
For media inquiries, contact Lara Skinner at [email protected] or 212-340-2884.

See my post above; that's beyond the so-called, assumed, cheaper Canadian oil.
Price cheaper? Environmentally cheaper?

The head of a northeast Ohio charity says that the Romney campaign last week “ramrodded their way” into the group’s Youngstown soup kitchen so that GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan could get his picture taken washing dishes in the dining hall.

Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, said that he was not contacted by the Romney campaign ahead of the Saturday morning visit by Ryan, who stopped by the soup kitchen after a town hall at Youngstown State University.

“We’re a faith-based organization; we are apolitical because the majority of our funding is from private donations,” Antal said in a phone interview Monday afternoon. “It’s strictly in our bylaws not to do it. They showed up there, and they did not have permission. They got one of the volunteers to open up the doors.”

He added: “The photo-op they did wasn’t even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall.”

Ryan had stopped by the soup kitchen for about 15 minutes on his way to the airport after his Saturday morning town hall in Youngstown. By the time he arrived, the food had already been served, the patrons had left, and the hall had been cleaned.