NEW YORK — Governor Dave Heineman of Nebraska approved a revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska on Tuesday, brushing aside vocal opposition from some citizen groups and putting final approval of the pipeline project squarely in the hands of the Obama administration.
The decision came a day after President Obama made an assertive pledge in his inaugural address to tackle climate change in his second term. Opponents of the pipeline, which would bring heavy crude oil from tar sands formations in Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the Gulf Coast, say that its extraction and consumption will significantly worsen global warming and that Obama’s decision will be a test of his intentions.
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It's past time to end the era of fossil fuels. Unconventionl tar stands and shale gas are the death blow to the climate, and poisonous from extraction, transportation, use, to disposal and byproducts. ExxonMobil is trying to push a tar sands pipeline through New England to Portland, Maine for export abroad. Take a look at 350.org to see how you can fight the pipeline in New Enlgand...rally on Saturday, January 26th, in Portland. Call your congresscritters and state reps.!
"TransCanada ... had assured him and state environmental officials that the chances of a spill would be minimized and that the company would assume all responsibility for a cleanup in case of an accident."
And that quote comes from the captain of the Exxon Valdez, or the Director of Operations for the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf?
How stupid do we look? Move away from fossil fuels! When will the auto industry be the leader here, instead of the albatross around our neck?