Secretary Kerry: Say No to Keystone XL
Help yourself at link. Letter customized from the Center for Biological Diversity and sent to John Kerry today:
http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14997
"As someone concerned with climate change and water, I want to thank you for your years of climate leadership during your time in the Senate. Now, as secretary of state, you have the opportunity to have an even greater influence on combating climate change.
New evidence is just emerging from the University of Toronto that the processing of the tar sands emits two to three times more pollutants than the corporations had claimed.1 "It was shocking to me to understand that current environmental impact assessments do not take this into account at all," said said Jonathan Martin, an associate professor in the department of division of environmental toxicology at the University of Alberta. Speaking of corporations, it's been noted that there are layers of conflicts of interest within the flawed report itself. 2 An ill-fated and inappropriate project like this will continue to unearth smoking guns and impropriety because: it is a bad idea. You have to separate America from this dirty project, which has no merit for the United States.
Climate action starts at home, and one of the first and clearest actions you could take would be to recognize that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a climate issue. The evidence is overwhelming that Keystone XL would increase production levels of tar sands oil in Alberta, and therefore significantly add to carbon emissions. Moreover, the massive investment would lock us into dependence on this dirty fuel for decades, exacerbating carbon pollution just when we badly need to go quickly, decisively in the opposite direction.
President Obama will have the final say on the Presidential Permit for Keystone XL, but your department -- as the lead agency -- will point the way. Although the State Department's environmental impact statement underestimated the likelihood that the Keystone XL pipeline would fuel climate change, you can set the record straight in your National Interest Determination.
I only ask for an honest review of the effect that Keystone will have on our environment and especially on climate change. I am sure that once you have studied the issue carefully, you will see that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a significant climate trigger and must be stopped.
1. http://news.yahoo.com/oil-sands-pollution-two-three-times-higher-thought-210153802.html
2. http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/climate-cover-collusion-and-conflict-interest-keystone-xl-report
Sincerely,
Help yourself at link. Letter customized from the Center for Biological Diversity and sent to John Kerry today:
http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14997
"As someone concerned with climate change and water, I want to thank you for your years of climate leadership during your time in the Senate. Now, as secretary of state, you have the opportunity to have an even greater influence on combating climate change.
New evidence is just emerging from the University of Toronto that the processing of the tar sands emits two to three times more pollutants than the corporations had claimed.1 "It was shocking to me to understand that current environmental impact assessments do not take this into account at all," said said Jonathan Martin, an associate professor in the department of division of environmental toxicology at the University of Alberta. Speaking of corporations, it's been noted that there are layers of conflicts of interest within the flawed report itself. 2 An ill-fated and inappropriate project like this will continue to unearth smoking guns and impropriety because: it is a bad idea. You have to separate America from this dirty project, which has no merit for the United States.
Climate action starts at home, and one of the first and clearest actions you could take would be to recognize that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a climate issue. The evidence is overwhelming that Keystone XL would increase production levels of tar sands oil in Alberta, and therefore significantly add to carbon emissions. Moreover, the massive investment would lock us into dependence on this dirty fuel for decades, exacerbating carbon pollution just when we badly need to go quickly, decisively in the opposite direction.
President Obama will have the final say on the Presidential Permit for Keystone XL, but your department -- as the lead agency -- will point the way. Although the State Department's environmental impact statement underestimated the likelihood that the Keystone XL pipeline would fuel climate change, you can set the record straight in your National Interest Determination.
I only ask for an honest review of the effect that Keystone will have on our environment and especially on climate change. I am sure that once you have studied the issue carefully, you will see that the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a significant climate trigger and must be stopped.
1. http://news.yahoo.com/oil-sands-pollution-two-three-times-higher-thought-210153802.html
2. http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/climate-cover-collusion-and-conflict-interest-keystone-xl-report
Sincerely,
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