My morning of congrats! I dont do it often, but I think that Jimmy Carter also deserves congratulations this morning. He just became the first (and possibly last) former president to come out against the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, slated to bring the dirtiest, most carbon dense of tar sands from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Former president Jimmy Carter, reports the Washington Post, 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. He was, of course, the first president to learn of global warming -- and tried and failed to do something about it. (If you remember, Ronald Reagan on entering the Oval Office even had the solar panels Carter had installed on the White House removed!) Let me add, that if there is a category for fine post-presidencies, Carter is the leading contender. Tom In the letter, published as an ad in Politico Wednesday, Carter and other Nobel Prize winners such as South Africas Archbishop Desmond Tutu argue that rejecting the presidential permit would signal a new course for the world’s largest economy. You know as well as us the power of precedence that this would set, the letter states. This leadership by example would usher in a new era where climate change and pollution is given the urgent attention and focus it deserves in a world where the climate crisis is already a daily struggle for so many.” washingtonpost/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/16/jimmy-carter-comes-out-against-keystone-xl-pipeline/
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:02:02 +0000
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