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From: "Luis Morago - Avaaz.org" <avaaz@avaaz.org>
Date: Apr 21, 2013 4:45 PM
Subject: Game over
To: "aquarianm@gmail.com" <aquarianm@gmail.com>
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From: "Luis Morago - Avaaz.org" <avaaz@avaaz.org>
Date: Apr 21, 2013 4:45 PM
Subject: Game over
To: "aquarianm@gmail.com" <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Cc:
Dear friends,
We're in a 36 hour sprint to stop a pipeline project that experts say could lead to "game over for the climate." Yes, that's right -- game over for the climate!
It's crazy it is even being considered, but Big Oil is pushing hard to get the toxic Keystone XL pipeline to run right through our country. The risks of pumping this tar sands sludge through our prairies and fields are endless, and it could single-handedly set off runaway climate change. But President Obama still has to approve it and people power has already pushed him to refuse it once.
Right now, there is a formal popular consultation running for us to tell the President what we think. The dirty oil industry is pressuring him with all their might to do it. Our voices are the only way to counter their noise - and we only have til Monday. Already 850,000 messages have been sent -- let's push for one million to stop Keystone -- click below and send a message now:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/game_over_for_the_climate/?bqZPOab&v=24318
The oil in Alberta that Keystone is intended to carry is called "tar sands" -- it's all mixed up with tons of heavy impurities, so it has to be strip mined as a semi-solid instead of drilled like normal gas. When scientists built models to predict how much the climate could change, these reserves weren't on the map. But if we added this planet-warming sludge to the mix, the consequences would be devastating.
Keystone XL would help make that happen. Up until now, no one had tried to extract the tar sands oil on a massive scale -- it was too expensive. That's where Keystone XL comes in. The pipeline, if built, would make it easier to get the stuff from Canada into gas tanks, so they can go to town extracting it, and killing our planet.
In addition, experience tells us that spills along its 1,179 mile course are inevitable -- over 1 million gallons of oil have spilled in the Americas only in the last month! Tar Sands is so heavy that it sinks in water, making it almost impossible to clean up if it gets into our waterways or aquifers. Unique species, precious water supplies, and local livelihoods will be at high risk if Keystone finally goes ahead.
Obama refused to approve it last year, but now he's waffling under pressure from Big Oil and those who say that the pipeline will create badly needed jobs. Let's urgently remind Obama that Keystone is the worst solution -- only investing in clean energy industries we will be able to create jobs AND protect our planet. Send a message to the State Department, before it's too late:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/game_over_for_the_climate/?bqZPOab&v=24318
Avaaz members have stood up for the climate from the Copenhagen conference in 2009 to fighting to end the fossil fuel subsidies in 2012. And in February, Avaaz members joined more than 50,000 people opposed to Keystone in Washington DC in the biggest climate rally in US history. Let's use all the tactics in the book to stop Keystone XL from going ahead once and for all.
With hope,
Luis, David, Emma, Oli, Allison, and the whole Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
NY Times Op-Ed: Game Over for the Climate
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html
Upworthy: Infographic on spills in past month
http://www.upworthy.com/did-you-hear-about-that-big-oil-spill-that-just-happened-no-not-that-one-no-not
Reuters: NASA's Hansen Explains Decision to Join Keystone Pipeline Protests
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/29/idUS257590805720110829
CBC News: Keystone decision nears amid Arkansas spill worries
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/04/02/business-keystone-arkansas.html
Washington Post: The Keystone XL Pipeline and its politics, explained
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/03/the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-its-politics-explained/
The Hill: US Chamber, oil-and-gas lobby go grassroots in Keystone pipeline battle
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/287133-us-chamber-api-go-grassroots-in-keystone-battle
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 President Obama is deciding whether to allow a giant pipeline for the dirtiest energy that could spell game over for the climate through America's heart. He's under huge pressure from Big Oil to approve the project, but already 850,000 messages against the pipeline have flooded a public consultation. We've got 36 hours -- let's get to 1 million messages! Click to tell Obama, "Call Game Over on Keystone, not the Climate":  |
It's crazy it is even being considered, but Big Oil is pushing hard to get the toxic Keystone XL pipeline to run right through our country. The risks of pumping this tar sands sludge through our prairies and fields are endless, and it could single-handedly set off runaway climate change. But President Obama still has to approve it and people power has already pushed him to refuse it once.
Right now, there is a formal popular consultation running for us to tell the President what we think. The dirty oil industry is pressuring him with all their might to do it. Our voices are the only way to counter their noise - and we only have til Monday. Already 850,000 messages have been sent -- let's push for one million to stop Keystone -- click below and send a message now:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/game_over_for_the_climate/?bqZPOab&v=24318
The oil in Alberta that Keystone is intended to carry is called "tar sands" -- it's all mixed up with tons of heavy impurities, so it has to be strip mined as a semi-solid instead of drilled like normal gas. When scientists built models to predict how much the climate could change, these reserves weren't on the map. But if we added this planet-warming sludge to the mix, the consequences would be devastating.
Keystone XL would help make that happen. Up until now, no one had tried to extract the tar sands oil on a massive scale -- it was too expensive. That's where Keystone XL comes in. The pipeline, if built, would make it easier to get the stuff from Canada into gas tanks, so they can go to town extracting it, and killing our planet.
In addition, experience tells us that spills along its 1,179 mile course are inevitable -- over 1 million gallons of oil have spilled in the Americas only in the last month! Tar Sands is so heavy that it sinks in water, making it almost impossible to clean up if it gets into our waterways or aquifers. Unique species, precious water supplies, and local livelihoods will be at high risk if Keystone finally goes ahead.
Obama refused to approve it last year, but now he's waffling under pressure from Big Oil and those who say that the pipeline will create badly needed jobs. Let's urgently remind Obama that Keystone is the worst solution -- only investing in clean energy industries we will be able to create jobs AND protect our planet. Send a message to the State Department, before it's too late:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/game_over_for_the_climate/?bqZPOab&v=24318
Avaaz members have stood up for the climate from the Copenhagen conference in 2009 to fighting to end the fossil fuel subsidies in 2012. And in February, Avaaz members joined more than 50,000 people opposed to Keystone in Washington DC in the biggest climate rally in US history. Let's use all the tactics in the book to stop Keystone XL from going ahead once and for all.
With hope,
Luis, David, Emma, Oli, Allison, and the whole Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
NY Times Op-Ed: Game Over for the Climate
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html
Upworthy: Infographic on spills in past month
http://www.upworthy.com/did-you-hear-about-that-big-oil-spill-that-just-happened-no-not-that-one-no-not
Reuters: NASA's Hansen Explains Decision to Join Keystone Pipeline Protests
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/29/idUS257590805720110829
CBC News: Keystone decision nears amid Arkansas spill worries
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/04/02/business-keystone-arkansas.html
Washington Post: The Keystone XL Pipeline and its politics, explained
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/03/the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-its-politics-explained/
The Hill: US Chamber, oil-and-gas lobby go grassroots in Keystone pipeline battle
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/287133-us-chamber-api-go-grassroots-in-keystone-battle
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