President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 USA Dear President Obama and Secretary Kerry, We are writing to urge you to once and for all build the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline. Like millions of others, we were buoyed by words in the President’s second inaugural address: “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. ” Mr. President and Secretary Kerry, this is an opportunity to begin to fulfill that promise. While there is no one policy or action that will avoid dangerous climate change, saying ‘no’ to the Keystone XL pipeline is a critical step in the right direction. Climate change threatens all of us, but it is the world’s most vulnerable who are already paying for developed countries’ failure to act with their lives and livelihoods. This will only become more tragic as impacts become worse and conflicts are exacerbated as precious natural resources, like water and food, become more and more scarce. Inaction will cost hundreds of millions of lives – and the death toll will only continue to rise. Tragic extreme weather events, including hurricanes, drought and forest fires in your own country, have devastated hundreds of millions of people around the globe. Greenhouse gas pollution and emissions are projected to double over the next seven years CARLAN - BUT OBAMA THE KENYAN WILL NEVER MOVE THE BACK OF HIS BACK ...
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:05:20 +0000
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