Originally Posted by Rochard

Why is this even an issue?

We have pipelines across the entire country. ALL of the gas sold in Arizona comes from California, and ALL of it is carried in a single pipeline (which everyone in Arizona learned when that pipeline broke down and EVERY gas station ran out of gas for two weeks!).

It will create hundreds if not thousands of short term jobs, at least dozens (if not hundreds) of long term jobs, and will have zero impact on the environment. If Canada wants to sell gas to China, so be it - they already have such pipelines, this one is just more direct, and someone in the US is going to get paid for it.

Why is this even an issue?