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Senate Republicans Attempt End Run Around Obama's Rejection of Keystone XL Controversial Pipeline Would Worsen Climate Change, Hurt Endangered Species WASHINGTON— Less than two weeks after President Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, Republicans in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would allow Congress to approve the controversial project. The pipeline would transport dirty tar-sands oil from Canada to Texas, perpetuate the global climate crisis, put wildlife and wild landscapes at risk of oil spills and create additional dependence on tar sands, one of the most polluting types of fossil fuel. “President Obama made the right decision when he rejected the Keystone XL pipeline,” said Noah Greenwald at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Republicans in Congress need to stop wasting precious time doing the bidding of Big Oil and address the climate crisis and create long-term jobs in a new, clean energy economy.” Keystone XL would transport dirty tar-sands oil 1,700 miles across six states and hundreds of water bodies, posing an unacceptable risk of spill. An existing pipeline called Keystone 1 has already leaked 14 times since it started operating in June 2010, including one spill that dumped 21,000 gallons of tar-sands crude. The pipeline would directly threaten at least 20 imperiled species, including whooping cranes. Learn more about our fight against the Keystone XL pipeline. Contact: Noah Greenwald |
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