Petroleum Lies

Who could have guessed that energy companies would wildly exaggerate the economic benefit pipelines bring to local communities!

Here are the tax dollar promises TransCanada promised South Dakota counties and what they are actually paying:

Marshall County: $937,804.50 promised; $286,280.98 actually paid;

Clark County: $1,369,565,98 promised; $359,646.04 paid;

Miner County: $1,140,855.42 promised; $391,047.39 paid;

Hutchinson County: $1,140, 264.64 promised; $424,504.72 paid.

Yankton County: $837,988.68 promised; $247,965.58 paid.

In return, county property owners also received oil leaks and degraded property values near the pipeline.