14 DAY TRIAL // Hillary Clinton has been rather busy these past few weeks. She found out that she was going to be a grandmother, she had somebody throw a shoe at her, and certain individuals speculated that she might be suffering from brain damage.
Still, it seems that environmentalists are quite convinced that the United States senator can and should find the time to look into a most pressing issue: the Keystone XL pipeline project and its pending approval/rejection.
Thus, it was this past Wednesday that Hillary Clinton was handed a letter asking her to take a stand against Keystone XL, EcoWatch tells us.
The letter bears the signature of as many as 30 environmental groups, among which Friends of the Earth, 350.org, Moms Clean Air Force, and Greenpeace, the same source details.
Needless to say, the folks behind this letter all think that, if approved and built, the Keystone XL pipeline will greatly benefit the fossil fuels industry and, by doing so, will contribute to climate change and global warming.
In fact, the environmental groups now asking that Hillary Clinton get behind the fight against Keystone XL maintain that, should the pipeline become operational, it would cause about as much damage to the environment as erecting 46 new coal-fired power plants would.
“If we're going to have a livable planet for future generations – one that's not fraught with floods, droughts, deadly heat waves and other catastrophic effects – it's vital that we reject the polluting fossil fuels of the past and move to cleaner, safer energy sources,” the letter reads.
Furthermore, “Given your longstanding advocacy for the environment and the importance of battling the climate crisis, your involvement would lend an important voice to the struggle against this dangerous pipeline and in favor of energy sources that don't threaten future generations of Americans.”
As reported, it was earlier this year that the State Department issued a report saying that tar sands would be exploited with or without this pipeline, and that, because of this, Keystone XL could not in itself be held accountable for promoting climate change and global warming.
“It's unlikely for one pipeline to change the overall development of the oil sands. Climate changes are anticipated to occur regardless of any potential effects from the proposed project,” the State Department explained in a statement.
Environmentalists do not see things quite like this and argue that, should this pipeline ever become operational, climate change and global warming will be pushed into overdrive by the resulting environmental pollution.