Found in released emails--Bernie to SOS Clinton

[angstlessk]

24. Here is the final study released by the State Dept.

And here is what an excerpt from an article says about that very thing:

The final environmental review is being released on the heels of damning revelations about the close ties between the Canadian pipeline builder, TransCanada and Environmental Resources Management (ERM). ERM was hired by the State Department to conduct the environmental review.

According to documents obtained by the Sierra Club via Freedom of Information Act requests, TransCanada actually recommended ERM to conduct the study, and claimed, falsely, that the two companies had not worked together before.


Friends of the Earth president Erich Pica did not mince words in his reaction to the State Department's new report, telling the National Journal, “The State Department's environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline is a farce. Since the beginning of the assessment, the oil industry has had a direct pipeline into the agency.”

Link to the article:

http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/01/31/keystone-xl-final-environmental-impact-statement-released-still-flawed

Almost forgot..here is a link to the final study given out by keystone itself:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjllISLna_LAhVKnoMKHT3UAywQFggjMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkeystonepipeline-xl.state.gov%2Farchive%2Fdos_docs%2Ffeis%2F&usg=AFQjCNHnJ6J-sU3oCoOSf0HpzEjhSJ2ueQ&sig2=6N1BhX0C49hTwXCHzYYH8w