Environmentalists Step Up Opposition to Keystone Pipeline

[ProSense]

Environmentalists Step Up Opposition to Keystone Pipeline

By Jesse Hamilton

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The pipeline drew a fresh wave of objections from groups including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and 350.org, when the U.S. State Department’s draft assessment said it won’t have a significant impact on global warming. Members of 350.org will confront Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry at all future public events, said Daniel Kessler, a spokesman.

“If they are doing something in public, we will be there,” Kessler said in an e-mail. “Thousands of people are willing to get arrested to stop this project.”

The State Department’s analysis sets the stage for a series of reviews that put a possible final decision in September. The agency, which did the analysis because the $5.3 billion pipeline crosses a U.S. border, will gather public comments on its report before making the environmental statement final and deciding whether to issue a permit. Obama will have the final say.

“The president and Secretary Kerry have both said that they are committed to acting on climate change and that’s a good thing,” Kessler said. “But if they are really serious, then they must stop Keystone XL. It’s the first test of their resolve.”

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-03/environmentalists-step-up-opposition-to-keystone-pipeline.html

Another flawed environmental review on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022450864

Keystone: 35 permanent jobs?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022447961

[politicasista]

1. interesting n/t

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[Buzz Clik]

3. "SOS" is Secretary of State?

[politicasista]

4. Yep n/t

[Buzz Clik]

2. "Environmentalists" are making it clear that they prefer coal and petroleum to natural gas.

"Environmentalists."

[Cha]

5. thanks ProSense!