EarthFix: Canada’s tar sand oil expected to be transported somehow.
EarthFix: Canada’s tar sand oil expected to be transported somehow.
In the absence of new pipeline construction in the United States and Canada, the oil will likely be shipped by train through Washington and Oregon,according to a report released Thursday by the Sightline Institute, a liberal think tank based in Seattle.
“The oil industry prefers pipelines,” said Eric de Place, director of Sightline. “If they can’t get those, rail is the industry’s next-best alternative.”
