Keystone+XL

Read the following links about the Keystone XL pipline and answer all five of the questions below as one post on Edmodo. Do your own work! Copying from other students' posts will be penalized. (Reading and summarizing information is a critical workforce skill--Practice it and it will become faster!)

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1. The two major environmental issues involve what natural factors and possible problems with the pipline?

2. What is the name of the major underground aquifer which supplies about 78-85% of Nebraska's irrigation water?

3. How do sandy soils interact differently with oil spills?

4. What was the outcome of this debate? Find a more recent article and explain the current status of the XL pipeline project. Post the link with your answer on Edmodo.

5. Why is it surprising to have a coalition between ranchers and environmentalists? Find an article detailing a conflict between ranchers and the environmental movement. Summarize the article in 3-4 sentences and post the link to the article with your other answers on Edmodo.