Robert Redford: THANK YOU President Obama

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ProSense posted the following as a thread - I think it answers some of the questions people posted below: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x814788

Stunning Triumph for 99%: Obama Sends Keystone XL Back to State for Review, McKibben Calls This “A Very Important Day”

By Joe Romm

Big news: We won. You won.

That’s Bill McKibben’s headline at Tar Sands Action (full statement below).

In a stunning reversal of a “done deal,” the Obama administration has sent the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline back to review at the State Department:

… the Department has determined it is necessary to examine in-depth alternative routes that would avoid the Sand Hills in Nebraska in order to move forward with a National Interest Determination for the Presidential Permit.

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Yes, Obama has punted this until after the election, but don’t undersell what just happened. Bill McKibben is the man most responsible for leading the charge to kill the pipeline, and as he wrote me, “a done deal has come spectacularly undone.” He added:

The people spoke very loudly, and thankfully the president appears to have heard them. We have had few enough even partial victories on climate change in Washington. That makes this a very important day.

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[monmouth]

1. I hope the Kochs choke on this and POTUS uses this as part of

an ad. This is huge and I am so happy that at least for the President's term, this will not happen under his watch.

[Poll_Blind]

2. I'm confused-WTF did the President stand up and do aside from kicking the can?

Really- I'm not being sarcastic. WTF is Redford thanking him for, exactly?

PB

[truedelphi]

4. +10,000 n/t

[TheWraith]

5. Requiring alternate routes is a big step toward killing the project entirely. nt

[Poll_Blind]

7. No it's not. Killing the project is killing the project. So Redford's given up trying to stop...

...the pipeline?

This is not the 14-dimensional chess thing again, is it? The one where the administration kowtows to corporate interests and yet the grimace they wear while they do it is pointed out as a victory of some dubious sort?

PB

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8. 'don’t undersell what just happened....“a done deal has come spectacularly undone.” '

Stunning Triumph for 99%: Obama Sends Keystone XL Back to State for Review, McKibben Calls This “A Very Important Day”

By Joe Romm

Big news: We won. You won.

That’s Bill McKibben’s headline at Tar Sands Action (full statement below).

In a stunning reversal of a “done deal,” the Obama administration has sent the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline back to review at the State Department:

… the Department has determined it is necessary to examine in-depth alternative routes that would avoid the Sand Hills in Nebraska in order to move forward with a National Interest Determination for the Presidential Permit.

<...>

Yes, Obama has punted this until after the election, but don’t undersell what just happened. Bill McKibben is the man most responsible for leading the charge to kill the pipeline, and as he wrote me, “a done deal has come spectacularly undone.” He added:

The people spoke very loudly, and thankfully the president appears to have heard them. We have had few enough even partial victories on climate change in Washington. That makes this a very important day.

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ProSense posted this as a thread - I thought it answered your question: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x814788

[TheWraith]

10. Well, the guy who runs Tar Sands Action disagrees with you completely.

His headline over there is "We won."

[gateley]

14. He's got to say that -- there's money riding on this. nt

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. I love Robert Redford.

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11. Me too.

[handmade34]

6. Please sign to thank Pres. Obama

https://secure2.convio.net/sierra/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=7375&s_src=611LSCHT03

[gateley]

15. Done. nt

[Grassy Knoll]

9. Favorite Movies of all time....

Brubaker & The last Castle

[russspeakeasy]

12. Changing the route is a hell of a long way from a reversal.

I think is pure delay until after the election.

[goforit]

13. Don't get your hopes up DUrs, Obama will turn on us again.

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16. kick