[font face=Serif][font size=5]Major Report Shows Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Would Worsen Climate Change and Fails President’s Climate Test[/font]

[font size=4]Rejecting Keystone XL would avoid carbon pollution comparable to key Obama Administration truck rule emissions savings[/font]

[font size=3] WASHINGTON (July 23, 2013) – The proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would significantly boost the carbon pollution that drives climate change, failing the test set by President Obama, according to a detailed analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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“Our analysis clearly demonstrates that the Keystone XL pipeline would dramatically boost the development of dirty tar sands oil, significantly exacerbating the problem of climate pollution,” said Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, director of NRDC’s international program. “Approve it, and our children’s future is jeopardized. Deny it, and we’ll avoid sending over a billion tons of additional carbon pollution into the air. The right choice is obvious: Keystone XL fails the president’s climate test and he should reject it to protect our national interest.”

NRDC released its analysis just after submitting it to the U.S. State Department. The federal department is considering a permit to build the controversial pipeline that’s designed to send tar sands oil from Canada through the heart of America to the Gulf of Mexico, where it could be refined and exported to international markets.

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