Disclosure documents show Tim Kaine and Alan Lowenthal are invested in Keystone Competitors
Lachlan Markay
The Washington Free Beacon
2/12/2014
Democrats who oppose the Keystone XL pipeline have thousands of dollars invested in direct competitors to the company looking to build the pipeline, public records show.
A recent environmental assessment by the State Department was seen as a step toward the pipeline’s approval, but Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.) remains opposed to its construction.
“In my view, there is now enough evidence to conclude that construction of this pipeline is not in America’s long-term interest,” Kaine said in a statement on the review.
The freshman Democrat has between $15,000 and $50,000 invested in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, according to his most recent financial disclosure. Kinder Morgan is looking to build a pipeline that would directly compete with Keystone…
…Observers have said a rejection of Keystone would be a boon for Kinder Morgan, since the Trans Mountain pipeline presents a viable alternative for exporting crude from Canadian oil sands…
Read the entire article at The Washington Free Beacon.
Update: Eco-activist: Dismantle pipeline by “any means necessary” –video
This is what greeted Mark Maki and his family at their home. He is a board member of Enbridge Energy Management which works on oil pipelines:
