Proposed oil terminal on Lake Superior put on hold.

[postulater]

http://www.superiortelegram.com/event/article/id/80660/

"Plans for a $20 million oil terminal in Superior are on hold, and the project looks dead in the water.

That means oil tankers won’t be sailing from western Lake Superior to the east coast.

The oil terminal would have shipped crude from the ever-expanding Bakken oil fields in North Dakota, where production has tripled over the past five years and is expected to double in the next six years. It’s a challenge for transportation to keep up with production.

Even so, Superior Calumet Refinery manager Kollin Schade says the size and cost of an oil terminal means they need a refinery on the east coast as a partner.

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But Schade says they’re still moving ahead with getting permits from the Department of Natural Resources."

[adirondacker]

1. I just saw Lake Superior for the first time on a recent cross country road trip.

Absolutely beautiful! We need to keep it that way!

[PuffedMica]

2. Only an idiot would put an oil terminal on Lake Superior

With global warming causing the water levels to fall in the Great Lakes, it is only a matter of time before no commercial ship can pass through St. Marys River. Draft restrictions are already in effect for the current carriers, and it gets worse every year.