Guardian uk
From one Nobel Prize winner to another "Veto that Pipeline!"
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 [single] 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.”
Pressure on the President builds as Senators from
Sandy-hit states press Obama on climate change.
“Even when the damage caused by Sandy is repaired, the cost of infrastructure projects to mitigate future natural disasters caused by extreme weather events could run into the hundreds of billions of dollars. Superstorm Sandy, and the possibility of even more devastating storms in the future, clearly demonstrates the urgency of squarely addressing the causes of climate change and its effects,” states the letter from Sens. Robert Menendez (N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Charles Schumer (N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Chris Murphy (Conn.).
The letter urges Obama to impose emissions standards on the nation’s existing power plants, which is a top priority for climate change activists.
Super Storm Sandy damage by Antony Hodge, flkr
As President Obama prepares his response to calls for action on climate change, let's hope he gets the message 'No Pipeline, No Trade-Off'!
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