Cornell University Study: Keystone Pipeline “may actually
destroy more jobs than it generates”  You’ve probably seen ads
by the oil industry (hard to miss, they’re pretty much
ubiquitous) claiming that the proposed Keystone Canadian oil
sands pipeline project would create hundreds of thousands of new
jobs in America.  Well, think again. In fact, according to an
independent study by Cornell University – the only study, to our
knowledge, that was not sponsored by the oil and gas industry,
or by TransCanada itself –  there actually would be ZERO net
increase in jobs, just 3,000 or so temporary jobs while the
pipeline is being constructed, from the Keystone project.  Here
are a few more highlights from the Cornell study which everyone,
including the U.S. government officials looking at whether to
approve this project or not, needs to look at:    • “The
construction of KXL will create far fewer jobs in the US than
its proponents have claimed and may actually destroy more jobs
than it generates.   • “The claim that