Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2014. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response to the State Department’s Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement:
“The State Department’s Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement significantly underestimates the emissions and climate impacts of the pipeline, mistakenly assuming that without Keystone XL, the Alberta Tar Sands would be produced at the same rate.
“Without the pipeline, the amount of toxic tar sands refined in the United States would be significantly less, and…
