{"id":128546,"date":"2011-09-27T02:32:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T07:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=128546"},"modified":"2011-09-28T02:26:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T07:26:01","slug":"state-dept-hears-from-kansas-and-texas-on-oil-pipeline-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=128546","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. Hears from Kansas and Texas on Oil Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=128547\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128547\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/09\/Keystone-Pipeline-map2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Keystone Pipeline map2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-128547\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTOPEKA, KAN. (AP) \u2014 Environmentalists are lining up in Kansas to tell State Department representatives they oppose the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which would move oil to the Texas coast from Canada. The pipeline would go through eastern Smith County. <\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Moti Rieber, coordinator of Kansas Interfaith Power &#038; Light, joined the orderly procession of speakers Monday. The religious and environmental group leader called the 1,700-pipeline &#8220;a direct threat&#8221; to Kansas&#8217; natural resources because of possible spills.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Sam Brownback says he supports the pipeline because it would boost national security by giving the U.S. a steady source of oil from a &#8220;friendly nation that&#8217;s next door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Labor union members support the pipeline because of the jobs it would create.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department also is holding hearings in Texas, Montana, and elsewhere this week before deciding whether to approve the pipeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPEKA, KAN. (AP) \u2014 Environmentalists are lining up in Kansas to tell State Department representatives they oppose the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which would move oil to the Texas coast from Canada. The pipeline would go through eastern Smith County. Rabbi Moti Rieber, coordinator of Kansas Interfaith Power &#038; Light, joined the orderly procession &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=128546\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">State Dept. Hears from Kansas and Texas on Oil Pipeline<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 16:33:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128546"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128899,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128546\/revisions\/128899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}