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In reply to the discussion: Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah 41 votes against the Keystone Pipline [View all]handmade34
(22,759 posts)61. Good News!!
now to keep up the fight!
Friends,
Congratulations: thanks to your calls, emails and actions, a bill to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline just failed to pass the Senate. Again.
Even counting the new climate-denying members who will take seats in January, Big Oil could not override a Presidential veto of Keystone XL next year.
He has the support he needs -- from us, and from the facts. The only question is whether the President will hold true to his own climate test.
Last week the President struck a historic climate agreement with China. Approving Keystone XL now would be like pledging to quit smoking and then buying a new carton of cigarettes. Rejecting the pipeline would be a bold step forward to meet his new goals. Can you send a message to the President that now is the time to reject the pipeline?
http://act.350.org/sign/reject-keystone-xl-now/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=5592.2026843.m2QcbA
Over the last week, we've flooded the Senate phone lines. Today, activists occupied the offices of two Democrats, Senator Bennet and Senator Carper, who joined with Big Oil in supporting the pipeline. The pressure worked.
Next year we will face new obstacles -- incoming Majority Leader McConnell already promised today that it will be a top priority of the next Senate, but it appears he won't have the votes to override a veto.
Now is the time for leadership. President Obama should end this debate and reject the Keystone XL pipeline. This week he said "I wont hide my opinion about this, which is that one major determinant of whether we should approve a pipeline shipping Canadian oil to world markets, not the United States, is does it contribute to the greenhouse gases that are causing climate change."
That can only point to rejection. An 830,000 barrel per day pipeline of the world's dirtiest oil will obviously contribute to climate change.
Rejecting the pipeline would show the President's commitment to action, and open a new chapter in the fight against climate change.
It's time.
Congratulations: thanks to your calls, emails and actions, a bill to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline just failed to pass the Senate. Again.
Even counting the new climate-denying members who will take seats in January, Big Oil could not override a Presidential veto of Keystone XL next year.
He has the support he needs -- from us, and from the facts. The only question is whether the President will hold true to his own climate test.
Last week the President struck a historic climate agreement with China. Approving Keystone XL now would be like pledging to quit smoking and then buying a new carton of cigarettes. Rejecting the pipeline would be a bold step forward to meet his new goals. Can you send a message to the President that now is the time to reject the pipeline?
http://act.350.org/sign/reject-keystone-xl-now/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=5592.2026843.m2QcbA
Over the last week, we've flooded the Senate phone lines. Today, activists occupied the offices of two Democrats, Senator Bennet and Senator Carper, who joined with Big Oil in supporting the pipeline. The pressure worked.
Next year we will face new obstacles -- incoming Majority Leader McConnell already promised today that it will be a top priority of the next Senate, but it appears he won't have the votes to override a veto.
Now is the time for leadership. President Obama should end this debate and reject the Keystone XL pipeline. This week he said "I wont hide my opinion about this, which is that one major determinant of whether we should approve a pipeline shipping Canadian oil to world markets, not the United States, is does it contribute to the greenhouse gases that are causing climate change."
That can only point to rejection. An 830,000 barrel per day pipeline of the world's dirtiest oil will obviously contribute to climate change.
Rejecting the pipeline would show the President's commitment to action, and open a new chapter in the fight against climate change.
It's time.
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A DUer -who might have been there- said it sounded like Native Amer. chanting
FailureToCommunicate
Nov 2014
#62
This is better than chocolate ice cream. Simply delicious...Embrace the suck Clare...n/t
monmouth4
Nov 2014
#7
Can the investors in Canada now sue the United States for lost projected profits, or to
djean111
Nov 2014
#11
Not currently but I believe that there's a clause in the TPP that will allow that. (suing)
BeanMusical
Nov 2014
#34
McConnell just said the Keystone issue will come up again for a vote in January nt
steve2470
Nov 2014
#14
Isn't the prevailing position here on DU that fillibusters are bad/unconstitutional/undemocratic? nt
kelly1mm
Nov 2014
#16
Only when they're abused for the bullshit reason of obstructing absolutely everything.
catbyte
Nov 2014
#31
Poling also showed 80% support for gun background checks, issue polls are useless, governing counts.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#71
geez, bennet voted for it? well, at least it isn't like there will be an extra yes vote when that
niyad
Nov 2014
#78
Landrieu was a fighter for Civil Rights in Louisiana, Cassidy will not be on that side now.
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#52
yes, what type of future do americans & humans - regardless of color, and every
hopemountain
Nov 2014
#72
Watching all the long-time trolls throw crybaby fits over this and immigration is HI-larious
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2014
#75