Global warming is here … life as we know it will not be
possible unless we take drastic steps immediately to reduce emissions that come
from burning fossil fuels: oil, coal and natural gas. The draft of the US National Climate Assessment
is available on the web for your review: http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment. The reading is stark and should raise one
serious question: What can we do to curb
the rise of man-made emissions that are causing global warming? Call the White House. Tell the President to stop the Keystone XL
Pipeline. The President has the authority
to do this. And, the President will make
his decision within the next month.
The Keystone XL Pipeline, if it is allowed to go ahead, will
carry toxic oil-like substances from tar sands deposits in Alberta,
Canada. The Keystone XL Pipeline will
cross the heartland of our country to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. The tar sands oil will then be shipped. It’s not for us. Moreover, the notion that the Keystone XL
Pipeline will create jobs is propaganda from TransCanada, the Canadian company
pushing to off-load its toxic product through our country. No more than 6,500 part-time jobs will be
created. But that’s not the worst of it.
James Hansen, the chief climate scientist for NASA, has
declared that the burning of the huge tar sands oil deposit in Alberta will
spell “game over for the climate.” The
Keystone XL Pipeline will be the fuse to a giant carbon bomb. We have
to think of our lives as well as those of our children and our grandchildren. We must urge the President to deny approval
for the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. This could begin the turnaround that will
encourage the development of alternative energy before more damage is done.
