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We know that our most important task in this century is to reduce our dependence on dirty fossil fuels – and seize the opportunity to transition to clean, renewable energy. Yet most leaders around the world are still choosing policies that deepen our fossil fuel addiction. Rather than continuing our reliance on outdated, dangerously polluting forms of energy, it’s time for us to invest in the clean technologies available now.
That’s why we must continue to build and empower a vocal and demanding global climate movement. If you’re reading this, chances are you understand well the urgency. 2010 was the warmest year on record and in much of the U.S. and Canada, we may be in the middle of the warmest March since record-keeping began . People are seeing and feeling the impacts of the climate crisis literally in their own backyards and communities. It is therefore essential that we speak out because we cannot continue to double down on a fossil fuel addiction that exacerbates the climate crisis.
It is clear that our elected leaders will not act unless and until we demand action. We have to make our voices heard. We will continue to engage in the fight to stop this pipeline – and the much larger fight to end our dependence on fossil fuels and shift to cleaner, renewable sources of energy.
Betty Jean Myers
March 23rd
NO! NO! NO! How many ways do we have to say that tar sands is not the way to help the enviornment. We just can’t have it both ways and for the future of our planet and our children, NO TAR SAND OIL, EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan Moore
March 24th
Right, keep fighting while voting for the same status quo on all sides which only perpetuates actions like this. And we have been demanding action. I say its time to stand in front of the bulldozers! That’s fighting. Petitions aren’t cutting it anymore.
ALLEN McDANIEL
March 27th
THE PROBLEM IS- IS THERE EVEN ONE CANDIDATE OUT THERE, FROM ANY PARTY- WHO WILL TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS PROJECT and BETRAYAL of the TRUST of the AMERICAN PEOPLE? ABOUT HOW MUCH IT PUTS THEM AT REAL RISK, AND HOW LITTLE IT WILL DO FOR ANYONE BUT KEEP SOME OIL EXEC’S PROFITS INTACT (AND EVEN THAT IS A BIG ‘MAYBE’) WHERE IS THE GREEN PARTY NOW!! WE NEED A CANDIDATE W/BALLS, EITHER THAT OR A BAN OF THE 2-PARTY SYSTEM WHILE ACTUALLY AT WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE- OBAMA HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST LETDOWN, BUT THERE IS NO MAN ON A WHITE HORSE OUT THERE THAT I CAN SEE. THEY ARE ALL CRONIES AND CORPORATE LACKEYS W/NO SPINES or SMARTS EITHER. SAW RFK SPEAK THIS PAST WEEKEND- HE COULD ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING, BUT HE’S STRICTLY PRIVATE SECTOR, ALTHOUGH A LAWYER WHO KNOWS HOW WASHINGTOM WORKS. WISH HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRES. OR EVEN VICE-PRES. NO, PRESIDENT for the GREEN PARTY!! EUROPE, SOMEBODY- PLEASE HELP US!!! WE’RE LOSING!!
Victor Marrero
March 28th
Jan Moore’s right. We need to respond more aggressively. However, the environmental hierarchy, like the Sierra Club, seems content with “click-on” petitions, tweeting, and other weak and ineffectual tactics. Bill McKibben had the right idea last year with his two demonstrations in Washington. I traveled from the Gulf Coast to attend the one in November, and it was inspiring and energizing. But the recent response of environmental groups, 350.org included, to Obama’s speech in Oklahoma, seems to be to take it on the chin. That’s why politicians push environmentalists around. They know we won’t fight back with strength. Also, we need to hone our message, then beat it like an effing drum. “Save the planet, the earth, polar bears, etc.” just doesn’t resonate. It never did really.