There was never any doubt that the Keystone XL pipeline would increase the price at the pump for consumers. In fact, TransCanada, the company that wants to build the pipeline, told Canadian regulators that the pipeline would allow TransCanada to raise the United States energy bill by $4 billion per year by limiting the supply of Canadian crude to Midwest refineries and rerouting it to Gulf Coast refineries.

A foreign-owned oil company is playing us for fools. In order to convince Americans to accept a pipeline that will result in higher gas prices, we have been bombarded with a public relations campaign…


Dennis Kucinich on the Keystone XL pipeline, quoted in “New Study Confirms (Again): Keystone XL Would RAISE Gas Prices.”

According to the study the pipeline will raise American gas prices 10 to 20 cents per gallon.

John Boehner is heavily invested in Canadian oil companies which stand to profit handsomely if the Keystone XL pipeline were built.

The [State Department] allowed TransCanada, the company seeking permission to build the 1,700-mile pipeline from the oil sands of northern Alberta to the Gulf Coast in Texas, to solicit and screen bids for the environmental study. At TransCanada’s recommendation, the department hired Cardno Entrix, an environmental contractor based in Houston, even though it had previously worked on projects with TransCanada and describes the pipeline company as a “major client” in its marketing materials.

No, no conflict of interests there. At all.