I received the following email from the Western Organization of Resource Councils today concerning the Keystone TransCanada pipeline.

They bring up the thinner pipe problem as well as a new issue--where will the pipe be made?

WORC is asking its members to contact the U.S. State Department--yes, the State Department--to not issue a permit.

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Here's the message:

Hi Todd,

A Canadian company wants to build a pipeline to carry dirty tar sands oil through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska and on to the Texas Gulf Coast. Farmers, ranchers, and the rural communities along the route will get all of the impacts and none of the oil.

Landowners are concerned that TransCanada wants to use thinner pipe more prone to leaks and spills for most of its 1,300 mile route.

Steelworkers want to know whether the pipeline will be made of U.S. Steel, or mostly from imported steel, like a pipeline TransCanada is building further east. TransCanada needs a permit from the U.S. State Department to build this pipeline.

The State Department is taking comments on the issues it should consider in an environmental impact statement.

Please send a message to the State Department. Tell them the pipeline isn't in the public's best interest if the health, safety and livelihoods of the farmers, ranchers and rural communities along the route aren't fully protected.