Topic: The Obama Administration needs to decide if the Keystone XL pipeline will receive its permit for construction. If built, Keystone XL will lock us into a future where we are dependent on one of the dirtiest and costliest fuels in the world. It’s time we invest in real solutions for our energy security.
Action: Submit a comment to the US State Department & President Obama urging them to say NO to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline . Instructions, sample letter, and questions/talking points are available through this Take Action page.
Why: If the Keystone XL pipeline is approved it would lock the U.S. into a dependence on this dirty fuel and drive a massive expansion of the tar sands operations in Alberta, Canada. Because Keystone XL would deliver tar sands oil to the Gulf Coast, America’s largest oil refining and transport hub, it would effectively open international markets to dirty fuel extracted in Canada and pumped through the United States. The added capacity of Keystone XL and the other two pipelines that have been built recently could more than triple consumption of tar sands oil. If expansion of tar sands goes unchecked, it will be impossible to reach goals to reduce global warming pollution and avoid future climate disruption.
Bottom line: Please take a moment to get informed, including very simple step-by-step guides to action. We need to say NO to dirty tar sands oil. Instead, we should say YES to made-in-America clean energy that will create jobs and reduce global warming pollution. American clean energy innovation will put Americans to work and make us more energy independent.
The National Wildlife Federation Action Fund has been in the lead on coordinated action regarding the proposal for the Keystone XL pipeline. Much of the information provided on this page is courtesy of this organization.
CREDO is helping to raise pressure directly on President Obama. Here are two ways to do that, right now:
- Call the White House today (9 am – 5 pm EST). And the next day. Keep calling.
- Call the Obama campaign. They need to hear opposition from people who worked, voted, or donated to the President in 2008.
You can also send the following e-mail (text courtesy of CREDO) to your friends and family. Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you — spam hurts our campaign. Here’s a sample message to send to your friends:
Subject: Tell Lisa Jackson and the EPA: We’re counting on you to oppose Keystone XL
Dear Friend,
It’s clear by now that there’s simply no hope of the State Department issuing a legitimate evaluation of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Fortunately, there is some hope: The EPA, which is one of nine agencies that gets to weigh in on the process.
Sometime in the next week, the EPA will issue its review of the State Department’s Final Environmental Impact Report. Strong opposition from his own EPA will be essential if we’re going to convince President Obama to reject this horrible pipeline.
You can also signed a CREDO petition to EPA Chief Lisa Jackson asking her to reject the State Department’s sham review of Keystone XL. You can learn more and sign the petition here.
For links to maps showing the pipeline route, click here, here, and here.
To review or download the U.S. Department of State public notice related to the pipeline public hearings (description of the proceedings, time allotted for comments, deadline for submitting written comments, etc.) click here.
For more and updated information, check out recent NWF Wildlife Promise blogs: http://blog.nwf.org/blog/tags/keystone-xl-pipeline/
The Sierra Club environmental law program has a lot of great information on the project: http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/tarsands/
For a PDF of talking points related to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, click here (pdf) or here (website link).
For a PDF sample letter opposing the pipeline, click here.
For recent reporting regarding local, bipartisan opposition to the pipeline in Kansas and Nebraska, click here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. And for reporting on at least one leak and shutdown of the Kansas section of the pipeline, click here.
A comprehensive description of the proposed project and up-to-date information regarding the public meetings are available at www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov. The final Environmental Impact Statement, including a summary of public comments received during two prior public comment periods, will also be available online.
In order for comments to be considered, they must be submitted by midnight on October 9, 2011. Written comments can be submitted by the following methods:
- online at www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov
- emailed to keystonexl-nid@cardno.com
- faxed to 202-269-0098, or
- mailed to:
Priority contact on this project is to the U.S. Department of State, but copying the member of the House of Representatives that represents you in Congress is also a good idea. If you have time, remember to contact both Kansas Senators (Roberts and Moran) as well.
Find your members of Congress here.
Get contact information for your members of Congress here.
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