US Senate sustains Obama's veto of McConnell's S.1 Keystone XL bill - GoFuckYourself.com

seksi · 03-04-2015, 01:37 PM

Here's Senator Bernie Sanders' statement today:

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I applaud President Obama for vetoing the Keystone XL legislation and the Senate for sustaining that veto.

The Senate and President Obama have sent an important message that the United States finally is listening to the scientific community and recognizing that global warming poses a real threat to our planet.

At a time when we should be doing everything we can to promote the development of clean sources of energy, it would have been crazy to let a Canadian oil company ship some of the dirtiest oil on the planet across the United States.

Climate change is real, it is caused by human activity and it is already causing devastating problems. Our job now is to aggressively transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and toward energy efficiency and sustainable energy.

Sanders is a member of the Senate energy and environment committees. He is a socialist/independent, from Vermont.

dyna mo · 03-04-2015, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by seksi

Here's Senator Bernie Sanders' statement today:

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it would have been crazy to let a Canadian oil company ship some of the dirtiest oil on the planet across the United States.

Sanders is a member of the Senate energy and environment committees. He is a socialist/independent, from Vermont.

Someone should have informed the good senator from Vermont that Canada is already shipping that oil across America.

bronco67 · 03-04-2015, 07:04 PM

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Someone should have informed the good senator from Vermont that Canada is already shipping that oil across America.

So one more big pipeline won't hurt then, will it?

crockett · 03-04-2015, 08:26 PM

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Someone should have informed the good senator from Vermont that Canada is already shipping that oil across America.

They are shipping it, but no where near the volume of a pipeline.. It's not quite the same..

seksi · 03-04-2015, 09:06 PM

I think the point is that Congress can't skirt the regulatory process in the case of Keystone XL. At least the way Boehner & McConnell have tried to do it, this time.

There are other Canadian pipelines that are being sued for trying to skirt the normal approval process, e.g. the Enbridge 'Alberta Clipper' tarsands pipeline that threatens the Mississippi River near its source.

03-04-2015, 09:06 PM	#5
seksi Phonetically Sexy Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: USA Posts: 312	I think the point is that Congress can't skirt the regulatory process in the case of Keystone XL. At least the way Boehner & McConnell have tried to do it, this time. There are other Canadian pipelines that are being sued for trying to skirt the normal approval process, e.g. the Enbridge 'Alberta Clipper' tarsands pipeline that threatens the Mississippi River near its source.