A planned pipeline connecting Canada to Texas could pose a real threat, unlike the mythological NAFTA Superhighway
AP/nrdc.org
Mining trucks carry loads of oil-laden sand after being loaded by huge shovels at the Albian Sands oils sands project in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Inset: A map of the pipeline
In the mid-2000s, a conspiracy began to take hold about the so-called NAFTA Superhighway. This giant construction project -- one involving huge multi-lane highways, rail lines and oil pipelines snaking through the heartland and connecting the U.S., Mexico and Canada -- was supposed to represent a major blow to American sovereignty and presage the creation of a transnational "North American Union."
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