Thu, 23 May 2013 12:06:27 CDT forbes.com
There's a rather alarming claim that the Keystone XL pipeline, if it's approved and built, will end up having real costs, that is social costs and to the environment, of some $100 billion a year. This, as I say rather alarming, claim rests upon three extremely dubious contentions. Here is the claim: One of the missing pieces of information is an estimate of the damage - translated into dollars - that Keystone XL's climate pollution would do to health, property, agriculture, ecosystem services, and more.