Keystone XL Pipeline: The Promotional Ads

Happy Monday – If you live in Montana, maybe you’ve noticed that TransCanada is airing several informational ads about the Keystone XL pipeline. That’s the pipeline that may go through eastern Montana.

One of the proposed routes takes the pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, through Montana to Steele City, Nebraska.

Note: To my readers from Iowa, Alberta is a province of Canada and not a state in the United States.

It seems almost everyone has an opinion about the pipeline. Just yesterday CNN reported, “Hundreds of students and youth organizers were arrested outside the White House Sunday as they protested against the Keystone XL pipeline under review by the Obama administration.”

While I am in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline, maybe someone should protest the performances in these informational videos. In my opinion, they are far from Oscar-worthy.

So I had to see if there were more videos! There are! There are seven videos and they range in length from 1:00 to 2:40.

So today I am a video critic!  In honor of the just-completed Winter Olympics, here are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal winners of the seven Keystone XL pipeline promotional videos!

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