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Carter urges Obama, Kerry to reject Keystone XL
2014-04-16 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: Former President Jimmy Carter joined fellow Nobel laureates Wednesday in opposing Keystone XL, insisting that approving the pipeline would trigger "more climate upheaval" around the globe. In an open letter to President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, Carter and the nine other Nobel Peace Prize winners bluntly warned the leaders: "Your decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will define your climate legacy." The missive, published as an advertisement in Politico, represents the...
Keystone XL cops incompetent at all levels
2014-04-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Recently, the US State Department released yet another report on the environmental impacts of building the Keystone pipeline. The report is shocking in its ironic juxtaposition of real greenhouse gas emissions and the potential impact on the Earth's climate. It is also shocking because the State Department tells us the pipeline will be made to withstand climate change, but won't be responsible for those changes. The report reflects an incompetence of the authors of the report and a divorce of the...
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Jimmy Carter Comes Out Against Keystone XL Pipeline
2014-04-16 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Former president Jimmy Carter, shown here speaking at The Washington Post earlier this month, now opposes construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Former president Jimmy Carter has joined a group of Nobel laureates who oppose construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, warning President Obama and Secretary of State John F. Kerry, You stand on the brink of making a choice that will define your legacy on one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced climate change." By announcing his...
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Could We Win the Keystone XL Battle But Still Lose the Tar Sands War?
2014-04-15 19:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Vietnam War might seem irrelevant to the environmental movements five-year effort to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that, if approved by President Obama, would bring tar sands oil from Alberta to the Texas coast for refining and shipment overseas. But the more I look at the situation, the more I see worrisome similarities. Both American war planners and environmental movement leaders made the same strategic mistake: conceptualizing transportation as a single fixed conduit that...
Keystone XL opponents practice how get arrested if pipeline gets approved
2014-04-15 08:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Keystone XL, a pipeline proposal to pump Canadian oil sands through the heart of America, has alarmed environmentalists and become one of the most contentious issues of the Obama presidency. But there is a Plan B to cut the United States out of the picture, and it is championed by one of Canadas wealthiest business dynasties. Keep reading. Williams, a 36-year-old environmental activist from Baltimore, taught a class in the nations capital on civil disobedience, part of a last-ditch campaign...
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