Make a difference in the challenge to confront global warming and prevent nuclear war and the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Tell President Obama to cancel the Vogtle Loan Guarantee! We don’t want or need new nuclear reactors and we don’t think that taxpayers should be on the hook to support a mature industry.
We did it!
A multi-state delegation of PSR representatives joined 12,000 other like-minded people on Sunday to link arms around the White House and send President Obama an urgent message: Don’t build the Keystone XL pipeline.
The proposed pipeline would bring tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada across the American Midwest to the Texas Gulf Coast for export. Extraction of tar sands oil is an environmental nightmare; the proposed pipeline poses serious risks to soil and drinking water and thus to health; and the use of tar sands oil greatly increases the threat of irreversible climate change.
The crowd came from all over the country and spanned multiple age groups. When we encircled the White House, there were so many of us where I was standing that we stood three deep and had to form three parallel lines.
PSR representatives came from Oregon, New Mexico, Iowa, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC.
Peter Wilk, MD, PSR’s executive director, addressed the crowd in a post-encirclement rally, saying, “Worst of all, going ahead with this pipeline and expanding tar sands oil extraction will deepen our dependency on oil, contributing to ever worsening climate chaos.
“We simply cannot continue in this direction and survive.”
Read tomorrow’s blog for more on the Keystone rally participants and their messages.
Tell your senator: Keep the energy efficiency bill clean.
Toxic coal ash poisons drinking water and wafts on the air. We need protection. Call your representative today!
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Why pipe this toxic material from Canada only to polute our country and then the world. The US will not get this oil, it is destined for Asia.
December 21, 2011The only people to benefit from this ridiculous project are the heads of corporations. Everyone else, from Central Alberta to the gulf coast will lose after ten years. Think about it....
December 21, 2011Just say No to the Pipeline. Think about our future generations!
December 20, 2011No Pipeline!
December 20, 2011NO DIRTY OIL!!
December 20, 2011If a fraction of the money spent on looking for oil was spent on alternative energy research and supporting that already being used, then we can help slow down global warming, create new jobs and remove dependency on fossil fuels.
December 20, 2011There are also safety issues with the pipe itself, possibly causing fires. Please see Truthout.org recent article.
December 20, 2011We speak with the PSR people that all efforts be made to stop the building of the Keystone XL pipeline. It will be but a few miles from our front door. The dangers are too great for all our citizens
December 20, 2011This pipeline would be a mistake that will have repercussions for many years beyond our lifetimes. Please say no. We need clean energy and need to be independent of oil.
December 20, 2011