The Final Keystone Environmental Impact Report - In Case You Missed It.

When a presidential administration has news that they’d rather not have you hear too much about, the typical strategy is to bury it by releasing the information late on a Friday afternoon, when the weekly newscycle is over and the weekend news crews come on. True to that pattern, late on the Friday afternoon preceding the weekend of the Superbowl, the Whitehouse released the ‘Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement’ related to the Keystone XL pipeline. It certainly seems that the FEIS is not the kind of news the administration wants you to hear, but since it relates to a minor topic that will impact future generations and the fate of mankind, we will try to keep you informed.  The story of the Keystone XL pipeline is long, fascinating and one that should give pride to climate hawks. Here is an interesting historical recounting.  Here is a link to the executive summary of the FEIS.  Some think the report gives Obama the excuse to reject the pipeline.  Others think it is a reason for him to accept the project.  Chris Hayes of MSNBC provides a great analogy between addiction and our desire for the tarsands oil.  Michael Mann points out the system level damage of building more fossil infrastructure.  Even the White House Chief of Staff recognizes the implications of the pipeline and the twitter-verse is alight.  Does John Kerry own the decision? In summary: the FEIS ignores the big issue: burning all that carbon fuel hidden in the tarsands. Remember, President Obama has the decision but you have the power! You can an email to Comment@Massclimateaction.net or find us on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/MassClimateAction. We recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, we accept responsibility for building a durable future and we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out. Therefore,we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon. ..Ted McIntyre