Southern Keystone XL Pipeline Goes Through Despite….No, Because Of President Obama
MildlyRelevant.comPresident Obama went on a whirlwind tour this week to remind New Mexico, Oklahoma and Ohio that hes there for them, whatever they need as long as it's oil. On Wednesday, he stopped in at Maljamar, N.M. and proved that yes, America is still drilling for oil on its own soil. On Thursday, he reassured Oklahomas population that oil would flow through their great state, creating jobs in the process. Later that same day, he stopped by Columbus, Ohio to reassure Auto Workers that hed keep gas prices low; so as not to upset their bottom line.
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msongs
(67,441 posts)joebaur42
(521 posts)We're starting to build some wind turbines along Lake Erie, though. Could always use more.
JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)The pipeline that has been the subject of controversy is a new section in the Northern Great Plains, which crosses a major aquifer.
The section for which he is advocating approval is a southern leg of the existing pipeline from Oklahoma to the Texas coast. That portion will connect the existing pipeline from Canada to shipping facilities and Texas refineries, and has never been the subject of significant environmental controversy.
vaberella
(24,634 posts)sad sally
(2,627 posts)and those protesting were forced to do so from a cage while he touted its benefits.
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As the president spoke, Native American pipeline protesters were 'caged' miles away from the event.
Native American activists in Oklahoma have expressed outrage at the proposal of the pipeline as it will "desecrate known sacred sites and artifacts" on its path to refineries in Texas, in addition to the evident environmental degradation involved.
Local authorities have forced the activists to hold their protest in a cage erected in Memorial Park far away from the speech. "The protestors were stunned that their community, so long mistreated, would be insulted in such an open manner instead of being given the same freedom of speech expected by all Americans simply for taking a stance consistent with their values," reports the Global Justice Ecology Project.
President Obama is an adopted member of the Crow Tribe, so his fast-tracking a project that will desecrate known sacred sites and artifacts is a real betrayal and disappointment for his Native relatives everywhere, said Marty Cobenais of the Indigenous Environmental Network. Tar sands is devastating First Nations communities in Canada already and now they want to bring that environmental, health, and social devastation to US tribes.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/03/22-3