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Keystone XL could hike gas prices as much as 40 cents a gallon
2013-07-17 17:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If the Keystone XL pipeline is built, Americans could pay as much as 40 cents more per gallon for gasoline in some parts of the country, according to a new report by the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog. That`s because oil extracted in Canada would start to bypass traditional American markets, traveling through the pipeline to the Gulf Coast and onto tanker ships bound for international markets where oil fetches higher prices. "The pipeline is being built through America, but not for Americans,"...
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