An April Fools’ joke gone awry? (Keystone XL pipeline)

http://legislature.omaha.com/2013/04/02/an-aprils-fools-joke-gone-awry/

By Paul Hammel

April Fools’ jokes are, by their nature, supposed to be funny.

But an April 1 press release sent out by the anti-Keystone XL pipeline group, Bold Nebraska, didn’t get a laugh from the Nebraska governor’s office.

The fake press release stated that Gov. Dave Heineman had written a letter asking President Obama to reject the controversial pipeline because of the risk of damage to Nebraska’s vast groundwater resources.

That would have been a complete about-face for the Republican governor who has been a whole-hearted supporter since TransCanada decided in late 2011 to reroute its 36-inch, crude oil conduit around Nebraska’s groundwater-rich Sand Hills area.

FULL story at link.