The Hill: Carter comes out against Keystone XL pipeline

[flpoljunkie]

April 16, 2014, 07:36 am
Carter comes out against Keystone XL pipeline
By Rebecca Shabad

Former President Jimmy Carter came out against the Keystone Pipeline on Wednesday with a group of Nobel laureates.

“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,” Carter and the others wrote in an open letter to President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.

Carter becomes the first former president who has publicly opposed the construction of the northern leg of the pipeline, which would run 1,179 miles from Canada into the United States.

Former President George W. Bush once called the proposal a “no-brainer," The Washington Post notes.

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/203646-former-president-carter-comes-out-against-keystone-xl

[Sherman A1]

1. k&R

[Divernan]

2. Carter stands apart from the other former presidents, as usual.

A unique and shining example of a president who was not bought off before, during or after his presidency by corporate interests.

[truebrit71]

3. I think the former president bush was mis-quoted...HE is the "no-brainer" not KXL...

[hollowdweller]

4. Will the militia's be showing up?

When the companies start taking people's land to build this thing?

[otherone]

5. a no brainer

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