THE house will be voting on the keystone xl pipeline sometime today. Environmentalist, ranchers, Native Americans, renewable energy advocates in Canada and the U.S. have been campaigning against this pipeline for the past several years. It is bad for the environment, a very real threat to the Ogallala Aquifer, it will not come close to creating as many good paying, permanent jobs as investing in renewable energy would, it is a threat to our nation's breadbasket in the Midwest and the mining and refining of this filthy tar sands oil will increase the carbon pollution of the U.S. and Canada. The only ones who will benefit are the tax dodging oil companies and the politicians they own. Please send a letter to your representative and tell them to vote NO on HR 5682 by clicking the link. This from the LVC / +Gene Karpinski, League of Conservation Voters
There’s literally no time to waste, so I’m going to get right to it: The
Keystone XL pipeline, the massive environmental threat that we’ve been
battling against for years, will be voted on in the House tomorrow. A Senate vote is also on the way, so now more than ever we need our voices to be heard if we are going to stop this pipeline.
You
and I know the facts — Keystone poses a huge risk to our lands, water,
climate, and our planet’s future. Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on
the planet, and with an atrocious safety record for the company behind
Keystone XL, spills in America’s heartland could be imminent. There’s no
question about it: Keystone is all risk and no reward. We have just hours to act.
Our
country has relied on dirty fossil fuels for too long. There was a time
when it seemed there was no way around using fossil fuels for energy,
but that’s not the case anymore. So why are so many members of Congress hell-bent on continuing to invest in dirty oil?
There
have been enormous advancements in clean energy, and President Obama
has made it clear that our country needs to act on climate change now. From the EPA’s historic Clean Power Plan to Tuesday’s agreement with China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, our country is moving forward in the fight against climate change.
But if Keystone XL is built, we will be taking a giant step backward. We will be playing right into Big Oil’s hands
— keeping us addicted to oil is exactly what they need to pad their
wallets even more. We can fight back, but we have to act now before the
House votes tomorrow.
Time
and time again we have marched, petitioned, and DEMANDED that the
Keystone XL pipeline be rejected. And the incredible thing is that
President Obama has heard us. That’s why when he announced his climate
action plan last year, he emphasized that Keystone’s impact on climate
change should determine whether or not the pipeline is built. Now we need to make sure our representatives in the House hear us too. There’s not a moment to spare — contact your member right now and tell them to vote NO on Keystone XL.
Craig, thank you for keeping up the fight. We can stop Keystone, but we can’t do it without you.
Kristin Brown
Director of Digital Strategy League of Conservation Voters  |
