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To fuel our homes and cars energy must be delivered from where it is produced to where it is used. #Pipelines are the safest, most efficient, and sustainable way to accomplish this. 


#Pipelines are not only the most cost-effective and safe means of transporting energy, but the pipeline industry is also investing billions per year back into renewables and clean energy sources to help build a better tomorrow. #EarthDay 
#Pipelines are the safest, most efficient way to deliver energy products. Because pipelines run underground, they can deliver crude oil, natural gas and other energy products with significantly lower environmental impact than other forms of transportation. 
For decades #pipelines have been the safest and most effective means of transporting energy from where it is produced to where it is used in homes and businesses, but pipelines are also a more environmentally sound way to deliver energy than the alternatives. 
#Pipelines are the cleanest and safest way to deliver energy. Pipelines release fewer emissions, cause fewer incidents, and release less product into the environment than their main transportation alternative. #EarthDay 
We need to deliver energy from where it is produced to where it is turned into useful products and then sent to Americans who use it every day. #Pipelines are the cleanest and safest way to deliver that energy. 
Did you know? Once a #pipeline is constructed and covered in topsoil, wildlife and greenery flourish above the pipeline, and in agricultural areas, farmers can grow crops. 
#Pipelines minimize their environmental impact by selecting routes that limit impacts to sensitive areas, follow existing utility corridors, and tunnel deep beneath waterbodies. #EarthDay 
Operators design new #pipeline routes to avoid environmentally sensitive locations. 
#Pipelines are rigorously tested before they become operational. One way they are tested is through hydrostatic pressure. Each section of pipe is filled with water and subjected to extreme operating pressures to ensure the strength of the pipe and the welds. 
#Pipelines use horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to protect water resources and sensitive crossings by drilling tunnels deep under bodies of water. 
#Pipelines minimize environmental impact through habitat restoration along pipeline routes. 
#Pipelines are the cleanest and safest way to deliver energy. 
#Pipelines emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions than other ways to move liquid energy. 
#Pipelines protect the environment because they emit lower GHG emissions than other ways to deliver energy. #EarthDay 
Liquids #pipelines are powered primarily by electric pumps with almost no greenhouse gas emissions of their own.  
Canceling a pipeline actually results in more GHG emissions because that energy ends up delivered on trains or trucks.  
We need to deliver energy from where it is produced to where it is turned into useful products and then on to us in our local regions. #Pipelines are the cleanest and safest way to deliver that energy.  
The Obama administration found a #pipeline emits 42% less greenhouse gases than transporting the same amount of energy by rail.  
Rejecting a major #pipeline and shipping the same energy by rail increases greenhouse gas emissions by 1.2 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year.  
The Obama administration found a #pipeline has 0.1% of the incidents and 62% fewer barrels released compared to shipping by rail.  
Rejecting a major #pipeline and shipping the same energy by rail increases the risk of oil release by over 800 times and barrels released by 2.6 times. 
#Pipelines cause fewer incidents and release less of their product into the environment than their main transportation alternative.  
Government review of the #KeystoneXL pipeline found the probability of an incident was 800 times greater by rail than #pipeline.  
#Pipelines can travel a shorter, more direct route, while train deliveries must follow existing rail lines that can result in longer trips.  
Over 13 trains each a mile long with 100 rail cars are needed to carry the same energy delivered by a large #pipeline on a single day.  
Over 4,000 trucks are needed to carry the same energy delivered by a large #pipeline on a single day.  
While #pipelines deliver the energy you need underground and out of the way, trucks and trains mean more neighborhood congestion to deliver the same amount of energy. 
#Pipelines support global climate action in foreign countries by helping to replace their dirtier burning coal and charcoal with cleaner-burning American liquified gas. 

#Pipelines improve the global climate by delivering American-produced liquified gas to ports for international shipment to countries that want to replace dirtier fuel sources. #EarthDay

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