Fargo mayor: Don’t allow Canadian oil pipeline(Oil and Gas News)

Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker says the huge new Keystone oil pipeline is a potential threat to his city’s water supply, and he’s asking the state Public Service Commission to deny a permit for the project. Walaker suggested Friday that the pipeline’s route should be forced outside North Dakota until Canadian officials halt what he considers to be unreasonable opposition to a project that would bring Missouri River water to Fargo. Fargo relies on the Sheyenne River for its water supply and has the right to draw water behind the Baldhill Dam, north of Valley City, which feeds the river, Walaker said. But he doubted the PSC could consider the Fargo mayor’s complaints about Canadian opposition to a separate water supply project when it decides whether to grant a permit for the Keystone line. No pipeline, no drilling in Alaska, no drilling off our coasts, but I’ll bet he’ll be the first one to wail, nash his teeth and cry if there isn’t enough oil for fargo in the future. read more

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