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Like Alaska pipeline, Keystone wouldn't be threat

TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facilities in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, on Nov. 6, 2015. Following the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the oil industry faces the tricky task of making sure the crude oil targeted for the pipeline still gets where it needs to go.
TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facilities in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, on Nov. 6, 2015. Following the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the oil industry faces the tricky task of making sure the crude oil targeted for the pipeline still gets where it needs to go. Jeff McIntosh AP

President Obama recently vetoed the Keystone pipeline. There have been no spills in the Alaska pipeline, and that was built 40 years ago. Liberals never seem to learn.

John J. Clancy

Sarasota

This story was originally published November 20, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Like Alaska pipeline, Keystone wouldn't be threat ."

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