Keystone XL: the final leg and the myth of Trump's job promise
by Oliver Laughland from Environment | The Guardian on (#2N9XZ)
Part three: The Guardian's pipeline road trip ends in Nebraska, where Trump has sold the project as a creator of 'a lot of jobs', but facts don't support his claims
Words by Oliver Laughland, photos and video by Laurence Mathieu-Li(C)ger, graphics by Monica Ulmanu
"Nebraska is the last hope for stopping this," says Art Tanderup, sitting on the lawn close to the solar panels that provide most of the energy to his farm. Spring comes a little earlier here than in South Dakota and Montana. The 2ft deep snow drifts that had blanketed the farmland melted a month ago, revealing acres of harvested corn stubble that is now being readied for replanting.
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