Coolidge
Corner, 5:30—Be there or be square!!
On
Sunday, February 2, 2014 4:08 PM, Duncan Meisel - 350.org <350@350.org> wrote:
In
the last 48 hours, people across the country have stepped up to go the extra
mile to stop Keystone XL. 200 events have been planned from coast-to-coast
for Monday evening, and more are being listed every hour.
Every
one of those actions will be sending the same message: it’s time for President
Obama to be a climate champion, not the pipeline president, and reject Keystone
XL. Standing together, we can be heard.
President
Obama clearly has all the evidence he needs to reject the pipeline -- but what
will truly decide this fight is whether we can out-organize big oil, and Monday
will be our next key test. There’s an action not far from you on Monday
evening — can you be there to tell President Obama to stop the
pipeline?
Click
here to find the action nearest you: actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/kxl-fseis?referrer=350-org&zipcode=02135
The
Environmental Impact Statement released by the State Department on Friday does
not take a stand on whether President Obama should approve the
pipeline.
That’s good and bad: on the one hand, it’s better than the previous reports,
which gave much more support for the pipe -- but on the other hand, it avoids
the glaringly obvious fact that that a pipeline carrying 800,000 barrels per day
of the world’s dirtiest oil would be a disaster for the climate, and the lives
of Indigenous communities, farmers and homes along the route.
We’ve
been in this place before. We may be here again. And what counts in moments like
these are not the words in Washington’s reports, but rather the voices of people
in the streets -- that’s what changes the equation for the
President.
And
that’s what Monday is all about. I hope you’ll be able to join
me.
Duncan
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