Days left to voice your disapproval... Climate Activist— It's a big environmental showdown and it's coming to a head. If approved, the Keystone XL Pipeline will transport toxic tar sands oil straight through America’s heartland.
We have until March 7th to voice our opposition—take action today.
The tar sands oil in question produces 17% more greenhouse gas emissions than regular oil over its life cycle—but climate change isn't the only reason this pipeline should be rejected.
If you care about clean air, clean water and clean energy, the Keystone XL pipeline is a bad idea. The pipeline would transport tar sands oil—an exceptionally dirty kind of oil known as diluted bitumen—about 2,000 miles from Canada's boreal forest through America's heartland to refineries in Texas.
The pipeline would cut across the already-stressed Ogallala Aquifer, one of the largest aquifers in the world and a critical source of fresh water for more than 2 million Americans and the U.S. High Plains' agricultural industry.
Simply put, the Keystone XL project would endanger wildlife and communities along the route and be a setback to our clean energy and climate future.
Take Action: Voice your opposition to the Keystone Pipeline today.
Secretary of State John Kerry will soon determine whether or not the Keystone Pipeline is in the national interest, and pass his opinion on to the President.
As Bloomberg Businessweek says in its current issue, "The Keystone XL pipeline should be an open-and-shut case from a climate perspective. ... [But] it's difficult, even for a president, to take on Big Oil. Obama can only do so if he is given political cover by a large, insistent, popular movement."
So make sure Secretary Kerry hears from you. Tell him you strongly oppose the Keystone Pipeline by the March 7th comment deadline.
 Thank you for your activism and support,
Heather Shelby
Action Network Coordinator 
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