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• Johan Oakes
• Decatur, AL
• United States

Senior, Austin High School

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Keystone and our Quality of Life. Is employment worth our environmental health?

Everyone remembers the BP disaster and the millions of oil left in the oceans. But, now we face an issue of equal importance, our economy. With a 9.1 percent unemployment rate, things are getting out of hand. Is the Keystone pipeline a solution, or is it just another BP? Should Obama take a chance?