TransCanada "Lashes Out" At EPA Suggestion That Alberta, US Work Together To Cut Emissions
WASHINGTON—The Canadian builder of the Keystone XL pipeline has lashed out at the Environmental Protection Agency for recommending that the United States and Canada work together to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from the tar sands crude that the pipeline would carry to refineries on the U.S. gulf coast.
The suggestion "ignores the fundamental sovereignty of the Canadian government," said Shawn Howard, a TransCanada spokesman, in a message to reporters on Tuesday.
The EPA made its recommendation on Monday in a scathing critique of the State Department's latest environmental impact study, part of the process of deciding whether to grant the pipeline a presidential permit. The study, released in March, suggested that the pipeline would have no significant environment impact. They called it "insufficient" and asked for significant changes to protect the environment.
EDIT
TransCanada, for its part, has been deeply involved in the workings of states south of the border to clear the way for its pipeline. For example, it pressed Nebraska's governor and legislature to approve the new route for the pipeline through the state. That new route led to TransCanada's renewed permit application, the very subject of the State Department’s environmental review and the EPA's critique.
EDIT
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130424/transcanada-lashes-out-epa-over-keystone-asserts-canadian-sovereignty?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+solveclimate%2Fblog+%28InsideClimate+News%29
