Opponents carve anti-pipeline message into field

In this photo provided by Lou Dematteis, a huge crop art image protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline covers an 80 acre corn field outside of Neligh, Neb., on April 12, 2014. The image was created by the farmers, ranchers and Native American tribes of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in collaboration with artist John Quigley. Photo: Courtesy Of Lou Dematteis, AP / Courtesy of Lou DematteisChron

NELIGH, Neb. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed pipeline to carry Canadian oil south to the Gulf Coast have carved a message of resistance into a Nebraska field in the project’s path.

The 80-acre artwork, which was done last week and reads “Heartland#NoKXL,” is the latest protest environmentalists and landowners have employed against TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.  

Critics of the pipeline want President Barack Obama to reject the project because they fear it could contaminate groundwater and contribute to pollution.

TransCanada has said the pipeline will have upgraded safety measures, including remote control shut-off valves and frequent inspections. It has already built the southern leg of the pipeline between Oklahoma and Texas.

The section of the project that still needs approval would cross Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.

In this photo provided by Lou Dematteis, a huge crop art image protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline covers an 80 acre corn field outside of Neligh, Neb., on April 12, 2014. The image was created by the farmers, ranchers and Native American tribes of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in collaboration with artist John Quigley. Photo: Courtesy Of Lou Dematteis, AP / Courtesy of Lou Dematteis

In this photo provided by Lou Dematteis, a huge crop art image protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline covers an 80 acre corn field outside of Neligh, Neb., on April 12, 2014. The image, which lies on the proposed pipeline route, was created by the farmers, ranchers and Native American tribes of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in collaboration with artist John Quigley. Photo: Courtesy Of Lou Dematteis, AP / Courtesy of Lou Dematteis

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6 thoughts on “Opponents carve anti-pipeline message into field”

  1. Here’s the Photo credit:
    Photo By Courtesy of Lou Dematteis/AP In this photo provided by Lou Dematteis, a huge crop art image protesting the proposed Keystone XL pipeline covers an 80 acre corn field outside of Neligh, Neb., on April 12, 2014. The image was created by the farmers, ranchers and Native American tribes of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance in collaboration with artist John Quigley.

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  2. Why don`t those oil company boys just pipe it to some ocean port in their own damned country instead of doing it crossing America – haven`t we already had enouph accidents involving these oil pipelines and those other forms of transporting their oil for those damned oil companies?

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  4. i dont see anything that could go wrong with putting a pipeline through Americas bread basket can you ?

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  5. Its sick and disgusting that house speaker Boehner is using 3 million of Americas poorest as leverage to have this pipe line approved and then he will allow their unemployment benefits to be reinstated after 4 months without income. Makes me ill to read the thousands of desperate stories they post day after day, month after month. These poor deserate people are homeless, carless and hungry but they have to watch Mr. Boehner win his BIG OIL fat a§§ contest before they can drive a car to a grocery store and a job interview again. Whats plan ‘b’ for these 3 million undisirables Mr. Bohner? Arm bands and work camps?

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