14 DAY TRIAL // Together with 12 other environmentalists who are dead set on convincing United States President Barack Obama not to give the thumbs up to the Keystone XL project, Oscar-winning actor has signed an open letter protesting the proposed pipeline.
The letter in question is addressed to Secretary of State John Kerry, who Jared Leto and his fellow greenheads hope will agree to have a chat with President Barack Obama about the Keystone XL pipeline, and explain why this project must not be implemented.
In their letter to Secretary John Kerry, the 12 environmentalists argue that, should the pipeline be built and tar sands exploited with its help, there is little doubt that the resulting pollution and greenhouse gas emissions will make climate change and global warming even worse.
This in turn will foster extreme weather manifestations, meaning that natural disasters such as hurricane Katrina have high chances to become a common sight.
Otherwise put, it will only be a matter of time before the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline proves disastrous for the United States and the people living in this country.
“The hour is very, very late. It is too late to avoid Haiyan and Sandy and Katrina. All we can do for their victims now is offer help for recovery. And yet so many unnamed climate catastrophes are still preventable,” reads Jared Leto's letter to Secretary of State John Kerry.
Furthermore, “Mr. Secretary, we are at war for our future – war against the tyranny of fossil fuels, and war for the prosperous, sustainable, clean energy future we know we can build. We hope that you will lead us in this battle.”
For the time being, there is no information concerning Secretary John Kerry's response to this letter. However, the moment he decides to comment on it, be sure you will learn about it here.
The news about this letter signed by Jared Leto and 12 other environmentalists and addressed to John Kerry comes shortly after the State Department issued a report saying that, since tar sands will be exploited with or without Keystone XL, the pipeline in itself cannot be argued to contribute to climate change and global warming.
“It's unlikely for one pipeline to change the overall development of the oil sands,” the Department pointed out at the beginning of February. Furthermore, “Climate changes are anticipated to occur regardless of any potential effects from the proposed project.”
Environmentalists disagree and, in another report, argue that the pipeline's environmental impact will by no means be a minimal one, as the State Department would have people believe.