Alliance of Indigenous and Climate Communities Stopped KXL Before, Will Again
March 23, 2017
Washington, DC-In response to news that the State Department will approve the Keystone Pipeline, Greenpeace USA Climate Campaign Specialist Diana Best said:
“Keystone carries Canada’s oil through an unnecessary pipeline likely made of foreign steel, all while polluting our heartland, treading on the rights of Indigenous people and private landowners. It isn’t what this country wants or needs. President Obama rejected the Keystone Pipeline because of public outcry. We cannot let the Trump administration undo the progress that people all over the country have made to ensure we avoid catastrophic climate change.
Instead of pushing bogus claims about the potential of pipelines to create jobs, Trump should focus his efforts on the clean energy sector, the key to America’s future growth. Trump’s energy plan is more of the same — full of giveaways to his fossil fuel cronies at a time when renewable energy is surging ahead. Renewable energy is not only the future, but the only just economy for today. Keystone, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and fossil fuel infrastructure projects like them will only make billionaires richer and make the rest of us suffer.
We will resist these projects with our allies across the country and across borders, and we will continue to build the future the world wants to see.”
After a push from Greenpeace USA earlier this month, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson publicly confirmed he recused himself from the Keystone decision since Exxon stood to profit from the pipeline. Greenpeace is still asking the State Department to provide documentation about the justification for Rex Tillerson’s recusal and any waivers obtained or requested.
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