Big Oil Gives then TAKES
Oil from the Keystone XL pipeline is for export, not domestic use. But we will bear the domestic consequences of mistakes and the Earth will bear the results of this particularly dirty method of oil extraction.
Below is part of a letter from the People's Action Network, with which I often disagree, butt not on Keystone XL.
Dear Friends and Activists,
We need to get right to this one.
START NEW PETITION
Like all really bad news, they tried to sneak out late in the day
last Friday the so-called environmental impact statement from the
State Department on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. We can sum up
the whole report in one sentence, "The planet's climate is toast
anyway, so who cares?"
Protest Keystone XL Sham action page:
http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1159.php
The people least surprised by this were the pipeline advocates the
State Department hired to do the report. Seriously, that was their
logic, that they did not have to consider the environmental impact,
in an environmental impact report, if they assumed the same tar sand
carbon would be dumped into the atmosphere one way or another.
Does that mean we should put commit OUR research and development
resources in dramatically the wrong direction? Shall we collude in
the climate change catastrophe, or shall we demonstrate some actual
leadership as a country in prioritizing the urgently needed clean,
green energy of the future?
Further proof that the whole pretense of an actual review process is
a sham is that construction of various sections of the pipeline are
proceeding at full speed regardless. How is it that they are still
plowing ahead with building a pipeline that has not yet even been
approved?
They may think the fix is in, but that does not relieve us of our
obligation to protest. And we do.
Protest Keystone XL Sham action page:
http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1159.php
The above is the exact text of the petition sent by the action page.
And after you submit the action page above, feel free to request one
of our beautiful Stop Global Warming bumper stickers. You can have
one for no charge, not even shipping, just by submitting this form.
Stop Global Warming bumper sticker:
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Or perhaps you would like one of our "Occupy America
stickers, which will tie into the new Citizens United movie we are
starting on, or any of our other progressive activist message items.
Of course if you can make a contribution of any amount this is what
makes it possible for us to send free stickers to anyone who cannot
afford to make a contribution right now.
PROGRESS ON CITIZENS UNITED THE MOVIE PRE-PRODUCTION
Yes, thanks to your kind support, we have already started to acquire
the needed creative resources to begin production on our next full
length feature movie project, Citizens United The Movie, in which we
will confront corporate personhood head on.
We want to engage our participants as much as possible in the
development process as this project blossoms, and have started by
posting a link to the planned plot synopsis for your comment and
review, on the same page with a selection of various gifts for those
who would like to see this movie made.
Citizens United plot synopsis:
http://www.peaceteam.net/all_gifts.php
Right at the top are the beautiful new Citizens United The Movie
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text and script of the US Constitution itself.
And if you go to the page above, you will find so many other
interesting and inspiring gift items to thank you for your support of
the new Citizens United The Movie project, plus there is a link for a
synopsis of the plot lines for this new planned movie which you can
read.
NRDC
TWO VICTORIES FOR THE ARCTIC !
Polar bears
Fantastic news: Shell has announced that it will NOT attempt to drill in the Arctic
Ocean this summer.
The oil giant’s stunning reversal came after a momentous court ruling two weeks ago.
The federal court agreed with NRDC and our allies that the Bush Administration had
wildly underestimated the risks of spills and other hazards when it opened the Arctic ’s
Simply put: the entire Arctic leasing program was based on a fiction -- as we have
long claimed -- and all the leases,
including Shell’s
, have now been thrown into limbo.
The court victory and Shell’s retreat are huge steps forward in our campaign to close
catastrophe.
And we have you to thank! You have stood with us every step of the way
, lending your generous financial support to a tough battle against two administrations
and Big Oil that has raged in and out of the courtroom for five years. We never gave
up because we know just how much is at stake.
The Beaufort and Chukchi Seas are home to more than half of America
Their populations are already reeling from global warming. The last thing they need
is a catastrophic oil spill.
And if Shell’s Arctic venture has proven anything, it’s that this remote and rugged
region is no place for drilling.
In 2012, Shell’s rig had to flee from a 30-mile-long iceberg. Its emergency response
equipment was “crushed like a beer can” during tests. And its drill rig ran aground
during relatively routine winter weather.
Other oil giants -- including ConocoPhilips and Statoil, the Norwegian multinational
oil company -- have long since canceled or suspended their plans. Shell was the last
holdout -- until this latest announcement.
But make no mistake: While Shell has called off this summer’s operations, it is far
from ruling out another attempt.
That’s why it’s so crucially important for the Obama Administration to slam the door
shut on Arctic drilling by putting it completely off-limits to Big Oil.
This latest federal court decision hands President Obama a golden opportunity to
move beyond a failed Bush Administration policy and to safeguard the Arctic for the
sake of our spectacular natural heritage
and our embattled climate.
You can be sure that NRDC will be tirelessly advocating for the President and his
Interior Secretary to do exactly that.
I know you will stand with us.
Thank you again for helping to make this historic victory possible.
Sincerely,
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council
P.S. In the weeks and months ahead we will be building on the momentum of this victory
and strongly advocating that the Obama Administration put the Polar Bear Seas totally
off-limits. Please consider
making a tax-deductible gift
that will help us take the fight to Big Oil and win a ban on drilling in the Polar
The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to safeguard the Earth:
its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Donations to this campaign will be used to Keep Shell Out of the Arctic and protect
our environment in the most effective way possible.
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