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Showing posts with label pipes. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Testimony of Tom Conway, Before the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) Final Hearing on Circular Welded Pipe
Testimony of Tom Conway, Before the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) Final Hearing on Circular Welded Pipe
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continued flap over imported pipes
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We also have some good news --earlier this month, meetings were held between local USW representatives and Wheatland executives to evaluate the feasibility of reopening the continuous weld mill at Sharon and to have USW members be recalled in the process. These USW members have been out of jobs for three and a half years. So, clearly, this is a very exciting development for them; it literally means a decent shot of regaining a good livelihood back into the middle class and dignity for themselves and their families. It also means over 100,000 tons of additional domestic steel consumption, which hopefully can begin to alter a vicious cycle into a virtuous cycle.
As the Commission has heard today -- and time and again -- our members have made tremendous sacrifices to stay competitive over the years, and I’m proud to represent today a truly talented and dedicated workforce producing circular welded pipe. I would note that this industry has sufficient capacity to supply the entire U.S. market. But what we cannot afford is unfairly traded imports from India, Oman, UAE, and Vietnam to supply the U.S. market. Rather, we need American workers using American-made steel to supply this market. On behalf of all of our workers, I ask that you make affirmative injury determinations in these cases.
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continued flap over imported pipes
snip
We also have some good news --earlier this month, meetings were held between local USW representatives and Wheatland executives to evaluate the feasibility of reopening the continuous weld mill at Sharon and to have USW members be recalled in the process. These USW members have been out of jobs for three and a half years. So, clearly, this is a very exciting development for them; it literally means a decent shot of regaining a good livelihood back into the middle class and dignity for themselves and their families. It also means over 100,000 tons of additional domestic steel consumption, which hopefully can begin to alter a vicious cycle into a virtuous cycle.
As the Commission has heard today -- and time and again -- our members have made tremendous sacrifices to stay competitive over the years, and I’m proud to represent today a truly talented and dedicated workforce producing circular welded pipe. I would note that this industry has sufficient capacity to supply the entire U.S. market. But what we cannot afford is unfairly traded imports from India, Oman, UAE, and Vietnam to supply the U.S. market. Rather, we need American workers using American-made steel to supply this market. On behalf of all of our workers, I ask that you make affirmative injury determinations in these cases.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Editorial: Risks are too great for an expanded Keystone
Editorial: Risks are too great for an expanded Keystone
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from article:
Within weeks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is supposed to decide whether to authorize a 1,600-mile expansion of a tar sands crude oil pipeline network across six Midwestern, Western and Southern U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Alternatively, she could pass the decision on to President Barack Obama.
Neither the president nor the secretary of state should approve the application at this time for any number of reasons, chief among them is the very real danger of catastrophic pipeline failures in crucial locations.
Such events could leave large tracts of Western and Midwestern farm, ranch and recreational land contaminated with toxic wastes and poison surface-river systems and deep natural reservoirs used to irrigate billions of dollars' worth of crops and supply drinking water to millions of Americans.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/article_efe6bcf3-0a9c-52c0-bd6e-e53fa0b83440.html#ixzz1aTTRLWld
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oil companies do not have a good record for their products. leaks, blow-outs and more quite common and they lie about the number and severity; as well as have cover from politicans and agencies
this is a continuation of the pipeline story from years past.
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from article:
Within weeks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is supposed to decide whether to authorize a 1,600-mile expansion of a tar sands crude oil pipeline network across six Midwestern, Western and Southern U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Alternatively, she could pass the decision on to President Barack Obama.
Neither the president nor the secretary of state should approve the application at this time for any number of reasons, chief among them is the very real danger of catastrophic pipeline failures in crucial locations.
Such events could leave large tracts of Western and Midwestern farm, ranch and recreational land contaminated with toxic wastes and poison surface-river systems and deep natural reservoirs used to irrigate billions of dollars' worth of crops and supply drinking water to millions of Americans.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/article_efe6bcf3-0a9c-52c0-bd6e-e53fa0b83440.html#ixzz1aTTRLWld
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oil companies do not have a good record for their products. leaks, blow-outs and more quite common and they lie about the number and severity; as well as have cover from politicans and agencies
this is a continuation of the pipeline story from years past.
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