Bakken Pipeline

TRT: 1:30

ANCHOR LEDE: “SINCE JUNE OF TWO THOUSAND 16… IOWA LAWMAKERS HAVE BATTLED OVER ONE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON IOWANS. THE BAKKEN OIL PIPELINE COMES WITH A LONG LIST OF BOTH PROS AND CONS. DAILY IOWAN TV REPORTER ANDREW ROBERTS TAKES A LOOK INTO THE POTENTIAL PLAN THAT IS DRAWING ATTENTION FROM MANY OF IOWA’S FARMING FAITHFUL.”

 

“HUNDREDS OF MILES OF IOWA FARMLAND COULD BE SEEING SOME CHANGES IF THE BAKKEN PIPELINE COMES TO IOWA… FARMLAND JUST LIKE THESE FIELDS OUTSIDE OF DES MOINES.  INSIDE THE CAPITOL BUILDING… THE BAKKEN PIPELINE HAS BEEN A COMMON SUBJECT, ONE THAT HAS BROUGHT OUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POLITICAL PARTIES.”

STANDUP: “THE BAKKEN PIPELINE HAS CREATED A DISTINCT SPLIT BETWEEN STATE LEGISLATORS WITH MANY RISKS AND BENEFITS BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR THE STATE… LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING FACTORS BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY… BUT ALSO ENVIRONMENTALLY.”

“THE PROPOSED PROJECT, A CRUDE OIL PIPELINE WOULD STRETCH THROUGH THE STATE HITTING 18 COUNTIES. THE IOWA UTILITIES BOARD RULED IN FAVOR OF THE BAKKEN NOTING IT WILL OPEN THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND IT IS A SAFER WAY TO TRANSPORT OIL. SENATOR LIZ MATHIS, OPPOSES THE PIPELINE, SHE FEELS OIL ISN’T HARD TO COME BY.”

[SENATOR LIZ MATHIS] “WELL WHEN WE HAVE AN OIL GLUT AND WE ARE BUILDING A PIPELINE… TO ME… THAT JUST DOESN’T SIZE UP.”

YET REPUBLICAN SENATOR GARY WORTHAN HAS HIS OWN FARM AND HAS SIDED WITH THE PIPELINE COMPANY TO UTILIZE THE OIL AVAILABLE.

[SENATOR GARY WORTHAN] “THE PIPELINE GOES THROUGH MY FARM AND UH… YOU KNOW… I LOOK AT IT FROM A STANDPOINT OF THAT A NATURAL RESOURCE IS THERE.”

“NOW THE IOWA UTILITIES BOARD VOTE HAS LEAD TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS… WHILE MANY IN OPPOSITION OF THE PIPELINE HAVE SAID THIS IS NOT YET OVER… IN DES MOINES… ANDREW ROBERTS… DAILY IOWAN TV.”