Pros And Cons Of The Keystone Pipeline

250 Words1 Pages
The Keystone Pipeline is a controversial issue. Some believe that the ‘cons’ outweigh the ‘pros’ and others believe the opposite. What good can come from the pipeline? If the pipeline is not approved then we will be forced to transport petroleum by trains and ships. This is said not to be efficient because trains are in risk of getting into an accident and ships will pollute our waters and can possibly spill oil (Goldberg,2015). The risks that the trains and ships have, will also be risks that we would take with the pipeline. Another example would be that that the pipeline will create about 28,000 jobs. About 3,900 0f these jobs will be in construction and the others would be in indirect support (Ivanova,2017). However the majority of these