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“ 18 months ago, our most respected climatologist, NASA’s James Hansen, calculated that because that patch of tarsands oil is so big, and because the sandy bitumen it contains is the dirtiest oil on earth, burning it on top of everything else we burn would mean it was “game over for the climate.
— Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, ‘Keystone pipeline decision will write Obama’s legacy’ (via publicsq)
climateadaptation: The Keystone XL Pipeline route will separate thousands of miles of animal habitat, destroy fragile forests, put thousands of farms at risk, and threaten drinking water aquifers used by dozens of cities where millions of Americans work and live — all for Canadian oil that will primarily be sold on the international market. Above: South of Fort McMurray, swaths of trees were removed to make way for an underground oil pipeline that carries product from the oil sands mines to processing facilities. Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post :[
» 5 Amazing Places in the US in Danger of Being Destroyed by Dirty Energy

climateadaptation:

Nice little article that ends with what I dream every environmental writer would do, answer the question: “What do we do now?”…

alternet, 08.02.12.


keystone xl press conference, nebraska.

(Source: anticapitalist)

On Tuesday, February 14, representatives from a coalition of over 30 environmental and progressive groups delivered more than 800,000 messages to Senator Reid and Senator McConnell urging them to block attempts to resurrect the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The messages were collected as part of a 24-hour drive to send the Senate more than half a million messages opposing the pipeline. The 500,000 message goal was surpassed in just 7 hours. 350.org. 14.02.12.
» oh, nimby-ers...

Yet oil pipelines are hardly the only pieces of energy infrastructure that will require government approval in coming years. This is particularly true if the United States wants to build a new clean-energy economy.

The country has already seen strong opposition to offshore wind energy in Massachusetts (ie. the decade-long Cape Wind ordeal), including from environmental activists and local landowners, on the grounds that it will ruin spectacular ocean views. Solar plants will need to be built in sunny deserts, but local opponents continue to insist that the landscape blight would be intolerable. New long distance transmission lines will have to cross multiple states in order to bring that power to the places that need it most. Once again, though, a patchwork of local concerns and inconsistent state regulation is already making the task exceedingly difficult.

…Indeed, as energy becomes increasingly important to American foreign policy, there is a strong case to be made for giving more power to Washington. Security analysts have long argued that access to robust and varied supplies of fossil fuels, including domestic ones, enhances the nation’s freedom of action in the world. But another front has now opened: American soft power — its ability to attract and persuade — is increasingly undermined by the government’s inability to take strong action on climate change, something that local opposition to clean energy development only makes worse…

To be certain, energy policy cannot and should not disregard local opinion and opposition. Those who are affected most by energy development deserve a special role in shaping its course. But that should not be taken to an extreme that makes effective national energy policy impossible.

A Shortsighted Victory in Delaying the Keystone Pipeline. nytimes, 10.11.11.
Keystone pipeline route in Nebraska to be reassessed. thewashingtonpost, 10.11.11.

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