The Keystone XL Pipeline Project proposed by Transcanada Corphttp://www.transcanada.com/keystone.htm, would pump up to 900,000 barrels of crude oil per day across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to coastal refineries. The Keystone pipeline project is > 50% "owned" by ConocoPhillips Canada (US firm and the fifth largest oil/gas world supplierhttp://www.transcanada.com/3024.html). The pipeline will bring in billion dollars into US economy and its reduce dependency on Middle Eastern oil sources.

Although the project now hinges entirely on US State Department approval, Americans are protesting the project 's potential environmental impact at the Canadian Embassy cause Americans don't want any more of "dirty Canadian tar sand oil"http://sierraclub.typepad.com/.....ands-nationwide.html .