As the new year approaches, we can expect that the State Department will soon issue its Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL dirty tar sands oil pipeline. The Statement should identify the crucial environmental and energy security impacts of the proposed pipeline. As outlined previously, it is clear that our nation’s long-term interests — in terms of energy security, climate pollution, job creation, human health, and environmental protection – are best served by abandoning the Keystone XL pipeline and developing our domestic renewable energy infrastructure.
The State Department is involved because the pipeline is international – crossing between the U.S. and Canada. At the beginning of 2012, President Obama refused to proceed with the pipeline on the grounds that further research on its impacts was required. With a new impact report soon to be available, President Obama will make the final decision on the fate of the pipeline. The decision will have profound implications for the future of our country and for future generations. Should the President decide to approve the pipeline, it will be a tremendous blow to our ability to create the clean energy economy that is already overdue.
Fortunately, opposition to all tar sands pipelines continues to grow in the U.S. and in Canada.
You can help amplify the call for a clean energy future by contacting the White House and expressing your support for renewable energy development in the US and your opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. Let’s ring in the new year with this message!
Contact the White House (call or email).
Photo: From 350.org mobilization, November 2012, Washington, DC
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