Top Climate Scientists Call on President to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline - Again

[wtmusic]

"OAKLAND CA -- Eighteen of the nation’s top climate scientists released a letter to President Obama today urging him to say no to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

'Eighteen months ago some of us wrote you about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, explaining why in our opinion its construction ran counter to both national and planetary interests,' wrote the scientists. 'Nothing that has happened since has changed that evaluation; indeed, the year of review that you asked for on the project made it clear exactly how pressing the climate issue really is.'

Indeed the past year has shown that climate change is here. A few months after Superstorm Sandy flooded parts of the Northeast, NOAA announced last week that the average temperature for 2012 was 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.2 degrees above normal and a full degree higher than the previous warmest year recorded -- 1988."

http://www.350.org/scientists-call-president-reject-keystone-xl-pipeline

[limpyhobbler]

1. If the Pres. approves this pipeline,

a lot of people are going to be really disappointed.

[NickB79]

2. If the President approves this pipeline

I'm not voting in 2016. Fuck it, I've been lied to for far too long.

[pscot]

3. I think is time to consider the alternatives

open to us.

[quadrature]

5. the alternative...move the oil by rail...

is ongoing.

[Nihil]

6. Well, no surprise that you didn't consider "reducing consumption" to be an alternative ...

[quadrature]

8. pipelines reduce oil consumption...

compared to rail, trucks, barges.

and also reduce noise, traffic, air pollution, etc

[limpyhobbler]

4. Give him a call, let him know what's on your mind.

[Nihil]

7. That only works if you have the funds to bribe ... er, "donate to the cause" ...

Ordinary people? Pah. Their job is to pose in the background for photo-ops.

And, ultimately, to die for the sake of maintaining that oh-so-profitable
Business As Usual.

[limpyhobbler]

9. I guess but

We've had some pretty good grass roots mobilizations and partial successes in the past year or so.

on issues like SOPA/PIPA, stopping Social Security cuts, delaying Keystone the first time around.

If enough people get involved with calling and writing elected Reps., it can make a difference sometimes.

[AtheistCrusader]

10. Let them build it.

Then nationalize it and use it to pump freshwater down for the drought.