Right now, our government is deciding whether to approve a monster oil pipeline that would unleash devastating levels of carbon pollution from Canadas dirty tar sands. The State Department is holding a public comment process before the big decision, and insiders say they want a mandate to stand up to industry pressure. Lets help by flooding the comment process with an overwhelming mandate to kill this carbon bomb -- we only have days left: SIGN THE PETITION Right now, our government is about to make the defining climate decision of Obamas presidency -- whether to approve a monstrous pipeline that will transport up to 830,000 barrels a day of the worlds dirtiest oil from Canada across the US. If approved, the Keystone XL pipeline will help pump billions of dollars into the pockets of a few companies... but also millions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Its been called a fuse to the biggest carbon bomb on the planet. Bold public action has delayed it once, and a court ruling the other week has dealt a serious blow to the project. Now, if we act fast and in massive numbers, we can help kill it for good. Secretary of State John Kerry, responsible for the USs relationship with the world, has opened a final round of comments from the public. He knows this decision is a vital litmus test for US global leadership to avert climate disaster. Avaaz members from every country will turn it into a truly global referendum by flooding the consultation with a million voices calling on them to kill Keystone and take the leadership role they say they want in the fight to save the planet. We only have days until it closes - join here: avaaz.org/en/stop_the_keystone_xl_pipeline_loc_us/?bGZqqgb&v=36703 The heat from Big Oil is already intense -- they’ve bought out the ads in DC subways that politicians pass through to get to work. If we hit a million signers, Avaaz will fight back on the DC battleground, taking out ads right next to theirs so Secretary Kerry and his staff see the people’s voices first and loudest. Big Oil ads are just the tip of the iceberg. We know that our government is under fire from industry lobbyists who will make serious money from the pipeline. But it will be at the cost of all of our futures. Tar sands oil is the dirtiest dirty fossil fuel ever cooked up - releasing 3-4 times the global warming pollution of normal petrol! Last year, Obama said he’d let Keystone go ahead only if it was found to be in our national interest and if it could be proven that it wouldn’t worsen the climate crisis for future generations. And Kerry has spent decades fighting for the climate and even opposed Keystone as a Senator. Pipeline supporters are answering with claims of more construction jobs and greater independence from petro-states. But Obama knows that the real jobs are in clean energy and that climate change is perhaps the greatest threat to US and global security there is. We’re already winning. Three years ago, this pipeline was a foregone conclusion. But then people-power swung into action -- thousands were arrested at the largest act of civil disobedience in the US in decades, and Obama refused the initial proposal. Lets do our part now by collecting over a million comments in the US and around the world and give Kerry and President Obama the public cover they need to reject the Keystone carbon bomb: avaaz.org/en/stop_the_keystone_xl_pipeline_loc_us/?bGZqqgb&v=36703 Wherever we are in the world -- Alberta, Canada, where the pipeline would begin; the UK, still recovering from historic floods; Australia, just emerging from a summer ravaged by record fires, or any other country where extreme weather is taking its toll -- we’re all downstream from climate change. If we stand together today, we can all be a part of a victory to stop this crazy pipeline and help build a strong climate movement. With hope, Pascal, David, Luis, Antonia, Emma, Patri, Wen, Ricken, and the Avaaz team SOURCES: Pressure is on Kerry as Keystone pipeline decision nears (Washington Post): washingtonpost/national/health-science/pressure-is-on-kerry-as-keystone-pipeline-deci...
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 06:55:41 +0000