Native Americans Call on Obama to Block Keystone Pipeline
Source: Reuters
Native Americans Call on Obama to Block Keystone Pipeline
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03:49 04.01.2015(updated 04:06 04.01.2015)
More than hundred protesters gathered at the White House on Saturday to participate in a Native American-led rally against the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline that threatens the environment through carbon emissions while offering little in return.
WASHINGTON, January 4 (Sputnik) — Over one hundred protesters braved the rain to gather at the White House on Saturday to participate in a Native American-led rally against the development of the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline, which could potentially harm sacred American Indian land reservations.
"It's exciting to see people come out in the rain to support the protest. It shows grassroots support. We hope President Obama will eventually veto the Keystone bill, because it will damage Native American reservations and the environment," one of the protesters, Pete Rhodry, told Sputnik.
Rhodry held a sign that said "Protect Sacred Land" in one hand and an umbrella in another, as he marched in a circle formed around protest leaders who wore Indian headdresses and buckskin.
The Indian leaders banged on drums and chanted native expressions while activists silently trudged in the constant downpour with signs that said things like "Stop KXL Tar" and "TransCanada Kills."
The rally was organized by NO TO KXL, a diverse coalition of Native American leaders and environmentalists. The pipeline, according to a statement on the group's website, has "the potential to contaminate the nation's largest freshwater aquifer, and puts the lives of all people who live along its path in serious danger."
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December 18, 2014
Senator Boxer’s Statement on Updated Environmental Review Guidance
Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement below after the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued draft guidance on considering harmful carbon pollution under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The guidance will provide transparency to the public on how federal agency activities will impact climate change.
Senator Boxer said: "Carbon pollution affects all of us and puts Americans at risk for its impacts, including extreme weather events, higher temperatures, droughts and heat waves. This new NEPA guidance will help federal agencies assess how their activities contribute to increased carbon pollution and dangerous climate change."
November 19, 2014
Senator Boxer Gives Closing Remarks in Opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline
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Boxer's remarks: The Keystone Pipeline & The Threat to Human Health http://1.usa.gov/1frOvvb . Photo: Hilton Kelley http://pic.twitter.com/ixoMJHSPvh
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[/img]Senators Boxer, Whitehouse Expose Harmful Health Impacts of Tar Sands and Keystone XL Pipeline
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Published on Feb 26, 2014
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) held a press conference on Wednesday, February 26th to expose the harmful health implications associated with tar sands oil and the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which is currently under consideration. Senators Boxer, Whitehouse, doctors and community representatives spoke about the health impacts of tar sands oil on communities across the country. Additional speakers included:
Dr. John O'Connor, MD, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Stuart Batterman, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Univ. of Michigan School of Public Health
Hilton Kelley, Founder and CEO, Community In-power & Development Association Inc., Port Arthur, TX
Tom Shepherd, Vice President, Southeast Environmental Task Force, Chicago, IL
Petroleum coke pollution blanketing Chicago's East Side. Photo: Southeast Environmental Task Force #NoKXL http://pic.twitter.com/4wQFpSXeO7
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[/img]Stacks of petroleum coke piles in Chicago, IL. Photo: Southeast Environmental Task Force #NoKXL http://pic.twitter.com/6jH4EQ5DCA
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Now wait 50yrs for the sea levels to rise....and you have the greatest environmental
disaster ever. It kills off the Gulf and then the Atlantic and then the world.
People...THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL NAIL IN OUR COFFIN!
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