by Gracie Lynne | Mar 25, 2014 | KEYSTONE PIPELINE
When I was growing up I never heard the term “carbon footprint.” Now it is a very common term which is used to describe the amount of impact a company, product or event has on climate change. As I write this piece I have a symphony of birds singing outside...
by Gracie Lynne | Mar 24, 2014 | KEYSTONE PIPELINE
One of the many problems with Bitumen is that it is thick. It is similar to asphalt and looks like tar. As it moves through a pipeline it creates friction which in turn creates heat and guess what heat does to a pipeline? It amplifies the corrosive quality of the...
by Gracie Lynne | Mar 23, 2014 | KEYSTONE PIPELINE
The Keystone Pipeline, which is associated with the TransCanada corporation, is proposed to cross America to transport Tar Sands Oil from Alberta Canada to Texas. From Texas it will be shipped to China and other countries. There are oil pipelines everywhere in this...
by Gracie Lynne | Mar 22, 2014 | KEYSTONE PIPELINE
I have known of this issue for two years. I have refused to cover it on my blog up until this time. Today I read of another oil spill in North Dakota and I finally relented to my conscience. It had been banging on the door to my brain for two whole years, I had to...