Al Gore says Obama must veto 'atrocity' of Keystone XL tar sands pipeline

[Ichingcarpenter]

Al Gore has called on Barack Obama to veto the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, describing it as "an atrocity".

The former vice-president said in an interview on Friday that he hoped Obama would follow the example of British Columbia, which last week rejected a similar pipeline project, and shut down the Keystone XL.

"I certainly hope that he will veto that now that the Canadians have publicly concluded that it is not safe to take a pipeline across British Columbia to ports on the Pacific," he told the Guardian. "I really can't imagine that our country would say: 'Oh well. Take it right over parts of the Ogallala aquifer', our largest and most important source of ground water in the US. It's really a losing proposition."


"This whole project [Keystone XL] is an atrocity but it is even more important for him to regulate carbon dioxide emissions," Gore said. He urged Obama to use his powers as president to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing power plants – the biggest since source of global warming pollution.

"He doesn't need Congress to do anything," Gore said. "If it hurts the feelings of people in the carbon polluting industries that's too bad."



http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/15/al-gore-obama-keystone-pipeline

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I sure hope Obama will listen to Gore.

I don't think he will, though, and it makes me both angry and sad.

The project sure as hell is an atrocity.

And it benefits all the wrong people.

[G_j]

2. I am really, really afraid.

I have a terrible feeling about this and the fate of our planet.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Jeez--Earth Tone Al is certainly gettin' off the reservation these days.

Bravo!

[Catherina]

10. +1 n/t

[forestpath]

4. Obama will do whatever the 1% want him to do.

[Marr]

8. Yep. He's just waiting for the right moment to do it, politically.

[Whisp]

9. the Clintons have already set the path for what the 1% want them to do.

they are counting the pallettes of the finest caviar if this deal rolls in and the clinton moles and minions win another one.

Obama secretly working for the 1% is creepily laughable compared.

[Morning Dew]

5. +1 for the Ogallala aquifer. n/m

[rhett o rick]

6. I stand with Al Gore. nm

[progressoid]

7. I remember when Al Gore was the centrist in the party.

sigh

and rec.

[livingwagenow]

11. Keystone Exportation Price-Fixing Pipeline = $15-20 per gallon gasoline + environmental death.

The secret reasoning behind that fucking pipeline is PRICE-FIXING.

Sky-rocketing demand caused by exploding exportation is an incredible price-fixing-for-profit tool.

Keystone Exportation Price-Fixing Pipeline is a gigantic hose that flows oil to Texas seaports for easy, ultra-fast exportation/price-fixing.

We who oppose this fucking environmental nightmare awaiting to happen, need a superpac that will run commercials and teach the American people that America needs to halt the practice of oil exportation and how it impoverishes us by skyrocketing demand and increasing carbon output.

Kudo's to Gore for urging Obama to veto this.