Over 2 Million Comments Ask for Rejection of the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
Source: NRDC Switchboard, March 7, 2014
by Elizabeth Shope
Opposition to Keystone XL across the country and the world continues to grow, with more than 2 million comments calling for rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline delivered today. Today marked the end of the 30-day public comment period that helps to inform President Obama and Secretary Kerry about whether or not the risky tar sands pipeline is in the national interest. The answer has been a resounding “NO,” with members and activists affiliated with NRDC, Sierra Club, 350.org, CREDO Action, Avaaz, the Energy Action Coalition, and many other organizations submitting more than 2 million comments calling for a rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
Keystone XL would transport up to 830,000 barrels per day of carbon intensive tar sands from Alberta to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, from where tar sands-derived fuel products could be sent anywhere in the world. Keystone XL would cause an expansion of tar sands production, and of the associated greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore fails the climate test that President Obama set for the pipeline. Tar sands also causes pollution of land, air, and water; threatens public health in the areas around where it is extracted, transported and refined; and is risky to transport. So it’s no wonder that people across the country and the world have sent such a strong signal to President Obama and Secretary Kerry calling on them to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
[center]The big sign in the video was made before we knew that there would be not just 1.5 million comments, but over 2 million comments!
Uploaded on Mar 7, 2014[/center]
Opposition to Keystone XL across the country and the world continues to grow, with more than 2 million comments calling for rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline delivered March 7, 2013, to the U.S. State Department.
<>
As NRDC President Frances Beinecke put it:
This new outpouring of public opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline demonstrates yet again that the more Americans learn about this project the more we want the Obama Administration to reject it. Instead of embracing the dirtiest oil on Earth, let’s put America squarely on the path to a cleaner energy future. This tar sands project would only aid and abet our oil addiction and worsen climate change. It is not in America’s national interest.
In addition to the roughly 90,000 comments from NRDC members and activists, NRDC and other organizations are submitting detailed comments to the State Department today about why the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is not in the national interest and should be rejected.
It’s not too late to add your voice – ask President Obama to reject Keystone XL at www.stoptar.org.
Read more: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/eshope/over_2_million_comments_ask_fo.html
= new reply since forum marked as read
so who's telling the truth? I looked at the official comments page earlier and it had a total of comments at less than 60K. So who's telling it like it is and who's full of it?
...is more than mere millions. And those billions? Well, it's all our money, really. Tax money they didn't have to pay because they own a Congressman or two. Loopholes they got which allows them to break a lot of laws we can't. Play money diverted from the Caymans.
- You know, we call it our monetary system....
K&R
It's so obviously BAD, we shouldn't even have to do this!!!!
