Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Senate to push for Keystone XL Pipeline


President Obama rejected the proposal to develop the Keystone XL Pipeline that would transport toxic dirty tar sands across our country from Canada to Texas due to the lack of necessary environmental and safety reviews. This project threatens our environment, waters supplies, agriculture and public health. This Week the Senate is expected to vote on an amendment sponsored by Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) that would force approval of the pipeline.

It would bypass our nation’s long-standing environmental review process and give Congress the unprecedented authority to hand out permits on massive projects.

You can read more and even use your own voice on this issue at the following link.


http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/fbeinecke/keystone_xl_tar_sands_pipeline.html

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