Heres another great article on Mondays Sandpiper hearing in St. Paul, quoting MN350s Ruth Lindh and Patty OKeefe! Central to many anti-pipeline arguments was oil consumption’s role in climate change. “Global warming is a reality,” Ruth Lindh said. “What’s the wise way to handle this resource: Turn on more spigots and gulp it down like pigs at a trough, or lean back a bit and save some for our children?” More than just human livelihoods are at stake, as Patty O’Keefe reminded the commission. “Animals can’t speak, so I like to think I speak for them in times like this,” she said. “But we aren’t just fighting climate change to save polar bears anymore. We are fighting climate change for our own survival, for our own species.”
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:08:52 +0000