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Keystone critic was engineer at pipeline company TransCanada
http://www.omaha.com/article/20130502/NEWS/705029911/1685#keystone-critic-was-engineer-at-pipeline-company-transcanada
By Joe Duggan
LINCOLN — Speaker number 37 was the insider.
Evan Vokes joined about 200 people who testified last month in Grand Island at the State Department's public hearing on the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Map: http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20130502&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=705029911&Ref=AR&maxw=598&maxh=400
Wearing a dark suit and speaking quickly, he was the only former employee of TransCanada Corp. to testify. The company wants to build the underground pipeline through Nebraska and five other states.
The materials engineer, who was fired by the company, said that TransCanada knew it couldn't guarantee the safety of welds at pumping stations on the existing Keystone oil pipeline that passes through Nebraska. He insisted that the problem could lead to undetected spills — a contention the company adamantly disputes.
FULL story at link.
