Tell President Obama: It's Time to Reject KXL Once and for All!
- by: Sierra Club
- recipient: President Obama
President Obama has made it clear that Keystone XL can't be in our national interest — and thus must be rejected — if it increases carbon pollution and makes climate change worse.
It has always been clear that Keystone XL will do just that. In 2014 alone, three major tar sands projects were canceled because they were simply unprofitable given rising costs, lower oil prices, and lack of market access from pipelines like Keystone XL. Approving Keystone XL would open the floodgates of climate-damaging tar sands crude flowing through the U.S. — which is just what Big Oil needs to expand production.
Every day it becomes more clear that this dirty pipeline to nowhere makes no sense. Keystone XL fails President Obama's climate test and must be rejected. Tell President Obama it's time to reject Keystone XL once and for all!
It has always been clear that Keystone XL will do just that. In 2014 alone, three major tar sands projects were canceled because they were simply unprofitable given rising costs, lower oil prices, and lack of market access from pipelines like Keystone XL. Approving Keystone XL would open the floodgates of climate-damaging tar sands crude flowing through the U.S. — which is just what Big Oil needs to expand production.
Every day it becomes more clear that this dirty pipeline to nowhere makes no sense. Keystone XL fails President Obama's climate test and must be rejected. Tell President Obama it's time to reject Keystone XL once and for all!
Dear President Obama,
You have consistently promised to reject the Keystone XL pipeline if it would increase carbon pollution and worsen climate change. It is becoming clearer every day that climate-polluting tar sands development needs Keystone XL in order to expand. This means that your decision on Keystone XL will determine whether massive amounts of carbon pollution will be kept safely in the ground, or whether it will be burned to fuel the climate crisis.
In the year since the State Department's final environmental impact statement was released, it has become obvious that its predictions severely underestimated Keystone XL's impact on climate. Far from being "inevitable," tar sands production is faltering. Three major tar sands projects have been canceled in 2014 alone due to the unprofitability of tar sands extraction. The lack of market access is part of this, and contrary to the State Department's predictions, transporting tar sands by rail has proven not to be an economically viable alternative to pipelines.
Even the State Department's biased analysis considered a scenario where low oil prices would mean building Keystone XL would lead to substantial increases in tar sands production -- and that scenario is now playing out. Current oil prices have fallen to around $50 a barrel, and many analysts see oil prices staying low for quite some time. This is well below the price range of $92 to $145 per barrel that the State Department projected would support continued tar sands expansion without Keystone XL. This carbon pollution is in addition to the carbon pollution -- equivalent to adding up to 5.7 million cars to the roads -- that the State Department predicted under even the most favorable market scenarios.
Mr. President, there's no way around it -- approving Keystone XL is incompatible with your promise to act on climate. You alone have the power to stop this pipeline from irreparably damaging our climate for ourselves and future generations. I urge you to stay true to your word, base your decision on the plain facts in front of you, and use your executive authority to reject the climate-damaging Keystone XL pipeline once and for all.
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Sincerely,
[Your name]
Sign PetitionSign PetitionYou have consistently promised to reject the Keystone XL pipeline if it would increase carbon pollution and worsen climate change. It is becoming clearer every day that climate-polluting tar sands development needs Keystone XL in order to expand. This means that your decision on Keystone XL will determine whether massive amounts of carbon pollution will be kept safely in the ground, or whether it will be burned to fuel the climate crisis.
In the year since the State Department's final environmental impact statement was released, it has become obvious that its predictions severely underestimated Keystone XL's impact on climate. Far from being "inevitable," tar sands production is faltering. Three major tar sands projects have been canceled in 2014 alone due to the unprofitability of tar sands extraction. The lack of market access is part of this, and contrary to the State Department's predictions, transporting tar sands by rail has proven not to be an economically viable alternative to pipelines.
Even the State Department's biased analysis considered a scenario where low oil prices would mean building Keystone XL would lead to substantial increases in tar sands production -- and that scenario is now playing out. Current oil prices have fallen to around $50 a barrel, and many analysts see oil prices staying low for quite some time. This is well below the price range of $92 to $145 per barrel that the State Department projected would support continued tar sands expansion without Keystone XL. This carbon pollution is in addition to the carbon pollution -- equivalent to adding up to 5.7 million cars to the roads -- that the State Department predicted under even the most favorable market scenarios.
Mr. President, there's no way around it -- approving Keystone XL is incompatible with your promise to act on climate. You alone have the power to stop this pipeline from irreparably damaging our climate for ourselves and future generations. I urge you to stay true to your word, base your decision on the plain facts in front of you, and use your executive authority to reject the climate-damaging Keystone XL pipeline once and for all.
[Your comment will go here]
Sincerely,
[Your name]
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