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title: 80 Empire State Buildings’ worth of toxic byproduct? Just say no.
date: 2013-10-25T19:40:22Z
modified: 2013-10-25T19:40:22Z
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  - Climate Impacts
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Building Keystone XL would result in massive amounts of petroleum coke (petcoke), a toxic byproduct of refining heavy oil. In it’s projected lifetime, Keystone XL would result in enough petcoke to fill the Empire State Building 80 times over.

[![oci_petcoke_infographic (1)](https://stories.350.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/oci_petcoke_infographic-1.jpg)

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