Friends, We’ve been fighting the Keystone XL pipeline for years now, but President Obama is expected to make his decision in just a matter of weeks. The bravest, boldest and smartest people fighting this pipeline are mobilizing to send a powerful message in the key last week of April -- one that I hope will be difficult for the President to ignore -- and they’re inviting everyone to join them. Here’s the plan for the action, called Reject and Protect: First, on April 22nd, the Cowboy Indian Alliance -- a group of tribal communities, ranchers and farmers from along the pipeline route -- will ride into DC on horseback, past the White House, and set up camp on the National Mall. They’ll raise tipis, burn sage, and for five days they will hold ceremonies and demonstrations to make sure President Obama sees the true cost of approving the pipeline. Then on April 27th, they have invited their allies in the climate movement to join them for our closing argument against Keystone XL. Once more, the Alliance will ride past the White House, this time joined by more people who would be breathing and drinking Keystone XL’s pollution if it were built, and thousands more of us ready to see the pipeline stopped. This might very well be our last chance to join hands against Keystone XL before the President’s decision. This isn’t the time to sit out. I want you to be there with me. Will you? Click here to RSVP for the Reject and Protect march on April 27th. President Obama has the evidence he needs to stop the pipeline. The nation’s top scientists have said that Keystone XL is a climate disaster, and the only evidence to the contrary has been deeply tainted by the stain of Big Oil’s money. And that is what it comes down to: the voices of farmers, ranchers, tribal communities, folks breathing refinery pollution, scientists, and everyone concerned about their future, versus Big Oil’s money and greed.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:49:36 +0000