Obama's Campaign Staff Calls for Rejection of Keystone
145 people from his staff say they worked day and night to get him elected and they want him to reject the tar sands pipeline.
145 people from his staff say they worked day and night to get him elected and they want him to reject the tar sands pipeline.
BC rejected Enbridge's proposal for the Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline.
About 50 groups are lobbying heavily on Keystone right now, and Canada is looking to the Arctic as another possible route, as well as expanding the line that goes to Wisconsin.
Approving the pipeline will easily pass the House of Representatives.
Please! Proclaim with clarity and purpose that our nation will transition away from carbon-based fossil fuels by rejecting the pipeline, they say.
Still, President Obama is expected to approve it.
A new report strongly counters the findings of the State Department, which look like they were severely influenced by cronyism.
Under an outdated 1980 law, tar sands oil is not classified as oil.
The total cost for Enbridge could top $1 billion for the biggest onshore oil spil in the US.
The purpose of the symbolic vote was to exert more pressure on President Obama to approve the pipeline.