Last month, shills for the oil industry forced through the legislative process a provision that set a February 21 deadline for President Obama to decide whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.The dirty tactic to pressure President Obama to approve the pipeline backfired today when the administration announced it would reject the current proposal.
Send a letter to President Obama to thank him for standing up to Big Oil and urge him to terminate the tar sands pipeline.
Rejection of the pipeline proposal delivers another blow to a project that would shuttle dirty tar sands oil through America's heartland for export to the global market and responds to political threats issued by Big Oil and its cronies in Congress.
However, we need to continue to work toward a definitive determination that acknowledges the pipeline is not in the national interest - crude from the pipeline could drive up domestic gas prices and would contribute to rapid climate change that threatens our health and our pocketbooks - but would only serve the interest of Big Oil.
Big Oil is taking its interest very seriously. The American Petroleum Institute could not have been clearer two weeks ago in threatening "political consequences" for President Obama if the pipeline was not approved.
Fortunately, the president, for now, has taken a stand against the oil industry and its paid campaign of lies about jobs and energy security.
Tell President Obama to stand strong against Big Oil by announcing the pipeline is not in the national interest .
This is a big step toward ending the tyranny of oil and start moving toward a new energy economy that protects the climate, creates jobs and respects the health of our families.
Thank you for all you do,
Allison Fisher
Outreach Director
Public Citizen's Climate and Energy Program