Tomorrow it’s been seven years since TransCanada applied to build the Keystone XL pipeline. It’s a process that usually takes a couple of years, not seven, and it’s still not approved. Cindy Schild with the American Petroleum Institute calls the delay unreasonable and politically motivated.
She says numerous studies show the pipeline is the most effective and cost efficient way to get Canadian tar sands oil delivered to refineries, and claims it would reduce dependence on unfriendly oil and create jobs.