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Blame the beetle?

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    Insect could halt pipeline for a year or more

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And welcome back everybody some politicians and protesters trying to stop the Keystone Pipeline from being built.

But could that they could finally halts construction be and many.

-- Ringo Starr and -- another volley that.

This -- this endangered insect could delay things for as much as a year you have to project gets the sign off from the State Department here to explain -- -- Meister former CEO shell oil and founder of citizens for affordable energy so not the ban.

At the sixties rock band The Beatles John but.

Actual bug could do you rail this entire energy project is that possible.

Well.

Whether it's the American burying -- whether it's skeletal remains or whether it's a sacred site.

A company like trans Canada which wants to build this pipeline.

He knows exactly what it has to do it has to get permits it has to in this case move The Beatles before they can start building the pipeline.

And they were prepared to do that.

What is happening is an over reach into the legal system by a group that cares less about the -- But cares more about stopping the pipeline and making Americans pay more for gasoline.

My goodness it's Chicago -- this week.

Your viewers are paying 35 cents a gallon more this week because -- -- adequate pipelines and some refinery issues.

We're gonna be paying through the nose as Americans.

For oil from wherever it comes from if we allow this kind of a group.

To continue its -- battered.

Irresponsible.

Attacks.

On responsible companies that are doing what they're supposed to do in the first place and that is protect these Beatles or whatever else they have to protect.

Okay and say that Keystone Pipeline had been built would that have brought down the price of gas domestically.

You're talking about 800000.

New barrels a day of oil.

Coming into the United States from our near neighbor Canada.

Yes more supply.

Yields lower prices that's why prices are high today not enough supply.

Canada's growing its oil resource development the US.

Stands to benefit from that it increased oil production out of Canada.

And that could help ameliorate.

Price rises and even reduce prices.

But you have an administration a president who cares more about his campaign funding from environmental groups that he does about what Americans pay at the -- and so -- stop the TransCanada pipeline for now.

The Beatles will be taken care up.

-- Canada's been doing this for decades.

It's not about The Beatles it's about stopping TransCanada.

From helping the American gasoline consumer.

I think the people in this country ought to wake up to the fact that these kinds of one party one shot one trick pony interest groups are hurting the whole country.

John -- Meister will leave it there I don't know there could be said better than that former CEO of shell oil and a founder of citizens for affordable energy thanks so much John we appreciate it.

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