Here are some talking points you can reference when you’re making a public comment on the Keystone XL pipeline. • The powerful corporate interests who stand to profit from Keystone are happy to promise impossibilities to all Americans. They promise the pipeline won’t leak, and if it does leak, they promise to clean it up. […]
Here is some news you can reference when you’re making a public comment on the Keystone XL pipeline. The Canadian National Energy Board just finished a review of TransCanada’s compliance with safety regulations. Guess what? The company is “out of compliance with federal rules in several key safety areas” While they are “for the most […]
BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! Don’t dawdle. Our futures depend on it, so go and make a public comment against the Keystone XL pipeline. Here are a few pre-composed comments which you can copy & paste (if you’re in a hurry) or simply paraphrase (if you have the the time and […]
BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! Don’t delay: make a public comment against the Keystone XL pipeline. Here are a few pre-composed comments which you can copy & paste (if you’re in a hurry) or simply paraphrase (if you have the the time and are feeling creative). Then do it again. And […]
BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! It’s easy to make a public comment against the Keystone XL pipeline. Here’s a “mad-lib” to help with the composition process. Select one from each group, copy and paste…and click “submit.” Then do it again. And again. a — The assertion that a transcontinental pipeline will […]
BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! BLOCK THAT PIPELINE!!! Go and submit a comment about the Keystone XL. Here are some bullet-points. Just copy & paste if you’re in a hurry; paraphrase if you’ve got more time. The more comments, the better. Don’t wait. • Yes, the Keystone XL will generate jobs: cleanup specialists, leak […]
Get ready to submit a comment about the Keystone XL. Here are four bullet point versions of the same idea: the people who are proposing the pipeline are totally (TOTALLY!) untrustworthy. Pick one, add a few lines of your own, and off you go. • The oil industry has a long and ugly record of […]
The Tar Sands extraction, before and after. When you’re making a public comment, just select one from each group, and you’ll have your very own “original” comment. a – (The Keystone XL pipeline) b – (The extraction of Tar Sands oil) c – (This project) a – (is catastrophic on multiple levels of scale.) b […]
I’ve been out all day on a family errand, so this is a quick and dirty post to encourage you to head on over and submit a comment about the Keystone XL. Here’s a framing to copy & paste — or (better yet) to paraphrase: As a former smoker, President Obama knows about overcoming a […]
People are fond of using this phrase in opposition to the Keystone XL; it comes from James Hansen, a scientist of recognized integrity and towering intellectual achievement. Hansen’s ethics and responsibility are unimpeachable. But this meme is profoundly wrong. Why? Because in a game, an unsatisfactory outcome lets you try again, right away. If you […]