2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton 1 day ago---Why I oppose Keystone XL
Short and to the point.
Hillary Clinton1 day ago4 min read
Why I oppose Keystone XL
When I was secretary of state, the department began reviewing an application to build a pipeline that would bring Canadian oil sands crude across the border, run more than a thousand miles through the American heartland, and terminate in Nebraska Keystone XL.
As the secretary who initiated the review, I refrained from commenting on the pipeline after I left the federal government. I didnt want to get ahead of President Obama while the process was still underway because the decision was and is his to make.
Since the application was filed, the effects of climate change have grown more acute. More than 8 million acres have burned in the United States so far this wildfire season. California is in the fourth year of a historic drought scientists say has been made worse by climate change. More severe storms and extreme heat waves have wreaked havoc around the world............
..............American energy policy is about more than a single pipeline to transport Canadas dirtiest fuel across our country. Its about building our future a future where the United States will once again lead the world by constructing state-of-the-art infrastructure, creating new jobs and new markets, accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy, and improving the health, safety, and security of all Americans.
Learn more about Hillarys vision for modernizing North American energy infrastructure.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)BuzzFeeds Ben Smith reported on Wednesday that the Clinton campaign has hired Jeffrey Berman as a campaign consultant. Berman, who began working for the campaign earlier this month, once lobbied on behalf of TransCanada, the company that hopes to build a pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada to the southern coast of the U.S.
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"For us its a signal that she continues to be willing to work with oil and gas interests and take money from folks who are committed to have a pathway to fossil fuels," said Ben Schreiber, Friends of the Earth's climate and energy program director.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)cheapdate
(3,811 posts)nor the State Department under Kerry approved TransCanada's application.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Really? Did you have a kitchen timer going to remind you when to check the climate change oven?
arcane1
(38,613 posts)It's not really short and to the point if it has to be excerpted.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)Will she take any action at all to prevent it being built?
I am very sorry, but her statement was nowhere near as strong as it should have been.
She has a habit of saying things about "When I am President.. this that and the other!". No such statement from her about Keystone. I think she picked her words very carefully so that she can flip on them if she finds some way to claim she is offsetting the carbon emissions.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)TheFarS1de
(1,017 posts)That hashtag may get a bit more use in the coming months
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)We may have to add Trump's positions on Social Security and affirmative action. LOL.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)I think I might have heard that phrase back when I was still teaching.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)When children say that, they're usually excusing their bad behavior by pointing out that others were exhibiting the same bad behavior.
In this case, it's just the opposite. Camp Weathervane sees that populism is, well, popular, and is attempting to usurp the ideas and actions of a candidate who's been mostly on the correct side of issues that the average American faces for nearly 30 years.
As a teacher, you probably would fail her for copying off of her neighbor's paper.
TheFarS1de
(1,017 posts)and this is EXACTLY what is happening .
ronnykmarshall
(35,356 posts)She could take a steam roller and smash the pipe herself and that won't make "some people" happy.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)ronnykmarshall
(35,356 posts)Hey ... I'm out of DU jail!!! I'm sure I'll get "reported" by various stalkers again.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)ronnykmarshall
(35,356 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Brock Kentman
(48 posts)...that and the fact that the oil cost is cheap now, so she can "safely" step out when it's already said and done.
Because the debates are live, and no focus group will tell her what to say. I am hoping the moderator will give every candidate difficult questions.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Since the application was filed, the effects of climate change Saudi Arabia flooding the oil market so that the pipeline isn't viable have grown more acute.