Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan

Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan | Danielle Droitsch's

Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan

You’ll hear the GOP, the American Petroleum Institute, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce make wild claims about the job creation potential of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Don’t be fooled. The pipeline company itself admits only “a few hundred permanent jobs” are created by Keystone XL. The debate over whether Keystone XL creates jobs is a convenient diversion from something oil company backers don’t want you to know: this is an export pipeline to help them access foreign markets and bypass the United States. Oil companies will make bigger profits and oil prices for Americans will increase . That’s not a project that helps Americans. It’s a project that helps Big Oil. Video: CNN posted this interview with a TransCanada executive who admits that permanent jobs would only number "in the hundreds, certainly not in the thousands" from Montana down to Houston. Thanks to Me...

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@PAcleanAir » 20 Jan '12, 9pm
RT @nrdc: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] We need more of these jobs!
@digitalcaffeine » 20 Jan '12, 2pm
The biggest problem about the Keystone XL Pipeline? It's all about oil for China, not jobs or oil for the USA. [link]
@JLownLaw » 19 Jan '12, 1pm
@JoeNBC Don't be fooled by Keystone XL: [link] Goodbye outdated fossils. Hello future. #greenenergy #jobs [link]
@SHARFZ » 18 Jan '12, 9pm
"@NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need mor."
@PAcleanAir » 18 Jan '12, 8pm
MT @SenToomey: With his rejection of the Keystone pipeline permit, the president is impeding job creation... [link] | Wrong!
@TVDFamilyFrench » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @ISF_Fr_Project: RT @lalaloo14: & they're talking abt jobs as an argument..READ this [link] & continue to #SignTheNoKXLPetition : bit.ly/z4AKWs
@sirouf » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @lalaloo14: & they're talking abt jobs as an argument..READ this [link] & continue to #SignTheNoKXLPetition : bit.ly/z4AKWs
@harryenergy » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @MarkMuro1: RT @NRDC +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] #cleanecon
@MarkMuro1 » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] #cleanecon
@NRDC » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
+2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@NRDC » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
The 'debate' over Keystone gets it wrong. There aren't jobs or security in that pipeline, just toxic tar sands [link] #NoKXL
@Heathertayl » 18 Jan '12, 6pm
@eustaceojara Just inaccurate. Every1 acknowledges that jobs#s are overinflated. Clean energy supplies many more. [link]
@cpeterka » 19 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @BlueDuPage: Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan [link] #4jobs #p2 #tcot
@prtody » 19 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @BlueDuPage: Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan [link] #4jobs #p2 #tcot
@KathyAngel2 » 19 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @BlueDuPage: Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan [link] #4jobs #p2 #tcot
@earthlinksucks » 19 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @BlueDuPage: Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan [link] #4jobs #p2 #tcot
@listless_art » 19 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @BlueDuPage: Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan [link] #4jobs #p2 #tcot
@Truth247 » 19 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @BlueDuPage: Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan [link] #4jobs #p2 #tcot
@schatzle74 » 19 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @BlueDuPage: Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan [link] #4jobs #p2 #tcot
@BlueDuPage » 19 Jan '12, 10pm
Don't be fooled - the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not a jobs plan, but an oil export plan [link] #4jobs #p2 #tcot
@RustyCannon » 19 Jan '12, 3pm
RT @JLownLaw: @JoeNBC Don't be fooled by Keystone XL: [link] Goodbye outdated fossils. Hello future. #greenenergy #jobs [link]
@felixwing » 18 Jan '12, 11pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@tugthetether » 18 Jan '12, 11pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@TidesCanada » 18 Jan '12, 11pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@Falconlady7 » 18 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@Bboggia2465 » 18 Jan '12, 10pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@SpineChair » 18 Jan '12, 9pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@LCVoters » 18 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @NRDC The 'debate' over Keystone gets it wrong. There aren't jobs or security in that pipeline, just toxic tar sands [link]
@gcrann » 18 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@aussiegiigii » 18 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@CathrynStephens » 18 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@BrennanJean » 18 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @NRDC: HOW many jobs? Check the facts. Keystone XL would maybe create 100s of permanent jobs. [link] #NoKXL
@goonth » 18 Jan '12, 8pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@KristinaRina502 » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@SustEarth » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@Narries » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@lizardmarsh » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@maxipump17 » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@TVDFamilyFrench » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @lalaloo14: & they're talking abt jobs as an argument..READ this [link] & continue to #SignTheNoKXLPetition : bit.ly/z4AKWs
@rewashashore » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@GrandCanynTrust » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@ISF_Fr_Project » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @lalaloo14: & they're talking abt jobs as an argument..READ this [link] & continue to #SignTheNoKXLPetition : bit.ly/z4AKWs
@PegMitchell1 » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@wayneNtampa » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@WorkExpBlog » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@ConservationFun » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@Angry_Saguaro » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@ashatarry » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@arch_heretic » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.
@nonprofitorgs » 18 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @NRDC: +2.7 million people are working in the US clean energy economy right now. [link] Those are the jobs that we need more of.