It’s no secret that American energy use is among the highest in the world, but it may come as a surprise that, under recent green initiatives, the US has plowed over 5 million acres of land set initially aside for conservation. Putting that in a manageable perspective, that is more land than is contained in Yellowstone, Everglades and Yosemite National Parks, combined. The environmental horror stories (that go mostly unreported) coming out of America’s heartland are appalling. And to make things worse, if the US government had done its due diligence before instituting policies aimed at altering the supply side of the energy industry, these things may have been avoided. Why again has the XL Pipeline delayed?
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