Pipeline Rejected!

Needless to say, this is fantastic news, primarily from the perspective that Mr. Steyer notes  below. I.e., it’s an announcement that my country does, in fact, have an energy policy,  one that contemplates the welfare of the world’s people and rejects the corruptive effects of the oil companies’ money and power.

From: Tom Steyer

Date:11/06/2015 9:46 AM (GMT-08:00)

To: Craig Shields

Subject: BREAKING: Keystone XL rejected!

Craig,

Today, President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline — and the power of the American people decisively beat out the fossil fuel lobby.

The leader of the free world stood side-by-side with a brave and diverse clean energy coalition, and pointed our country towards a brighter, more prosperous future.

We’ve won an incredible victory — one we should celebrate together.

This decision is as much a ‘yes’ to clean energy, as it is a ‘no’ to the pipeline. Our leaders can no longer ignore this simple fact: Americans from across the political spectrum strongly favor clean energy over the dirty energy of the past — and they are willing to fight for it. It’s time for our leaders to continue this momentum by laying out a plan that will get us to more than 50 percent clean energy by 2030.

I’m very proud to have stood with all of you in this fight. Please join me in sharing news of our victory.

Thanks,

Tom Steyer

NextGen Climate

PO Box 538

San Francisco CA 94104 United States