Keystone pipeline backers say Snowden bolsters case

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By Ben Geman - 07/08/13 02:15 PM ET

Venezuela’s asylum offer to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden bolsters the case for the Keystone XL pipeline, supporters of the project say.

The proposed pipeline, which remains under White House review, would carry oil sands crude to Gulf Coast refiners that are now equipped to handle heavy grades currently imported from Venezuela and elsewhere. Approving Keystone would likely displace some of those imports.

Rep. Lee Terry’s (R-Neb.) office said ... “The offer of asylum to Snowden is exactly why it makes more sense to be entering into an agreement and strengthening our relationship with our country's number one trading partner”

The Institute for Energy Research, a conservative advocacy group, made a similar point ...

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/309601-keystone-backers-say-snowden-offer-bolsters-case

Offered in the spirit of "It's good to know what they're spewing this week"

[NoOneMan]

1. I'd be stunned if they couldn't make any random issue bolster their undying love of the pipeline

[hatrack]

2. "Asiana Airlines Crash Bolsters Keystone XL Case" . . .

"Record-Breaking Florida Rains Bolster Keystone XL Case"

"Heartbreak Of Psoriasis Bolsters Keystone XL Case"

[struggle4progress]

3. !

Exactly!

[RobertEarl]

4. Anti-Keystone

It isn't so much the pipeline that is objectionable. It is that we will continue to divert needed monetary resources into fossil fuels rather than renewables.

The pipeline is a symbol of everything that is wrong with our present day energy sourcing, therefore this new pipeline must be opposed.

But, we shall continue down this path of building upon the fossil fuel energy sourcing. And the hidden costs keep building, day by day, hour by hour.

[cprise]

5. 'Pollute more so we can punish disobedient nations' n/t