Keystone XL
A “No” on Keystone XL is a “Yes” for America’s Clean Energy Future
11.18.2014 · NGC Team
Today, the U.S. Senate will vote on approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Here’s why that should concern you:
The Keystone XL pipeline is a bad deal for the United States. The pipeline would mean millions of tons of new carbon pollution entering the air, and could also mean dozens of newly polluted waterways and poisoned communities all across the Midwest. The impact on the climate would be catastrophic — the pollution equivalent of more than 50 coal plants.
Keystone XL will carry more than 800,000 barrels of dangerous tar sands through America’s heartlands. We know the pipeline will endanger our health, climate, and national security, while displacing American families for the benefit of a foreign oil company.
That is the future Big Oil has in mind, and it’s what we’re fighting to prevent. But Keystone proponents are today hoping to push through legislation by pressuring lawmakers who might be on the fence.