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"Portions of the pipeline will also cross an active seismic zone that had a 4.3 magnitude earthquake as recently as 2002.[49] Opponents claim that TransCanada applied to the U.S. government to use thinner steel and pump at higher pressures than normal.[50] In October 2011, The New York Times questioned the impartiality of the environmental analysis of the pipeline done by Cardno Entrix, an environmental contractor based in Houston. The study found that the pipeline would have`limited adverse environmental impacts, but was authored by a firm that had "previously worked on projects with TransCanada and describes the pipeline company as a 'major client' in its marketing materials."
Delaying (or halting, as he was forced to) for these reasons alone is not partisan politics or posturing, it' smaking sure the potential for something happening that can't be undone are eliminated or minimized to a reasonable extent.
- which seismic zone exactly, be curious to know. I know of no seismic zone in middle America. Sounds like BS********
- it's low-risk zones (ie hyped risk) but i think it's the addition of the thinner steel that is the concernlocustsloth
- which seismic zone exactly, be curious to know. I know of no seismic zone in middle America. Sounds like BS