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Matt Perkins Honors American Studies Why we need the Keystone oil pipeline 3/1/2012 President Obama has made the decision to reject the Keystone oil pipeline. Many think that was the wrong choice to make. The conclusion he came to was that this pipeline could hurt the environment. Some people scratch their heads when this could reduce our dependence on foreign oil. All these benefits are rewarded with good environmental supervision. With the construction of the pipeline 75% of it will be made her in North America. With vital results like that, there is almost no reason the pipeline should not be built. Its job production, foreign energy decrease and reduction in emissions doesn’t make sense why the president and environmentalist would not be in favor of this project. This is relevant because many are concerned for destruction of animal’s homes and the harm to the environment. This is also a topic of interest because of the issue of global warming. The United States government is convinced that the issue of global warming is one worth taking note. Global Warming is the warming of the earth atmosphere and oceans. They have stated that they want to reduce global warming through the control of green house gasses, which are gasses that get trapped in the earth’s atmosphere, like CO2. Since the beginning of the 2000’s global warming has been a pretty big issue. Al Gore stated “The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences”. If some politicians are so concerned about the environment then they should be in favor of this project because in building this pipeline, it would allow 700,000 barrels of oil a day to be refined in the U.S instead China. Having all that oil shipped to china would only create more greenhouse gasses and increase global warming. Something some politicians could not stand to have. While the Keystone oil pipeline makes sense in more ways than the environment, it helps the American job production and energy dependence. Why would President Obama be willing to give away all those jobs to China? Why would he pass up an opportunity to make the U.S more energy self-reliant? Is the President trying to appeal to the minority? In some cases this situation clearly says yes. The pipeline is safe for the environment. It even takes 500 trucks off the road in North Dakota. Taking trucks off the road means fewer emissions. In some cases it doesn’t make sense why he would try to appeal to this smaller group of people. When job production and competition with the Chinese is such a big issue, it just doesn’t make sense why he would put himself in that position. All in all, the Keystone pipeline would not be an environmental issue and would actually help the environment by reducing emissions from North Dakotan trucks and oil rigs traveling to China. Works Cited  " Global News | Pros and cons of the Keystone XL pipeline project." //Global News//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. .
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 * 1) Why would President Obama reject this project when it could help his hurting presidency?
 * 2) Why do some say that it would hurt the environment when it clearly cuts emissions from trucks and boats?
 * 3) What gains would the Chinese and Canadians make while exchanging oil?
 * 4) How many jobs would be created in building the pipeline?
 * 5) Why do some want to sacrifice American jobs for the environment?
 * 6) Will they be able to build the pipeline with the presidents disapproval.

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