--- title: "The best takedowns of TransCanada's very dumb tweet:" date: 2015-05-25T22:04:09Z modified: 2023-09-12T15:08:37Z permalink: "https://350.org/the-best-takedowns-of-transcanadas-very-dumb-tweet/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 38738 categories: - Featured - KIITG - North America featured_image: /wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Bill-Snark-tweet-Screencap-01.png --- Today, TransCanada — builders and promoters of both Keystone XL and the Energy East tar sands pipelines — had this to say about their commitment to protect the environment: ![Screen Shot 2015-05-25 at 11.56.04 AM](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-25-at-11.56.04-AM.png) Then the internet took over. The response… was not kind. But it was kind of funny! Bill McKibben had this to say: > Maybe my favorite tweet ever. I sure hope no one thinks up any clever replies. [\#kxl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/kxl?src=hash) [https://t.co/aLpmYucxnx](https://t.co/aLpmYucxnx) > > — Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/602870515896885249) Others wondered if it could have been a joke? > Has [@TheOnion](https://twitter.com/TheOnion) taken over [@TransCanada](https://twitter.com/TransCanada) twitter account? [\#nokxl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nokxl?src=hash) > > — Jane Fleming Kleeb (@janekleeb) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/janekleeb/status/602867381300568066) But no, it was real. > This is from an actual Twitter-verified account: [https://t.co/TLuQ5bTfVi](https://t.co/TLuQ5bTfVi) > > — Drew Gilmore (@dotsandlines) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/dotsandlines/status/602891571609108480) Other excellent snark followed: > Thanks? [https://t.co/z4JUBVkdMX](https://t.co/z4JUBVkdMX) > > — Joe Bailey (@joebailey7) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/joebailey7/status/602873978294640640) > Hard to imagine a dumber thing to say. About anything. Ever….Still trying…Nope. Nothing dumber. Ever. [https://t.co/dnr7hj3kW3](https://t.co/dnr7hj3kW3) > > — Michael Gaston (@Gastonacts) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/Gastonacts/status/602871205574639616) > I… I don't think that's it… 😕😕😕 [https://t.co/AoCZOzqSGu](https://t.co/AoCZOzqSGu) > > — molly katchpole (@mollykatch) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/mollykatch/status/602870611514298368) Safety! > [@TransCanada](https://twitter.com/TransCanada) Yeah, that's a great place for them. What could \*possibly\* go wrong with oil pipelines running under rivers? > > — Brian (@bridoc) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/bridoc/status/602907032904142849) Flawless reasoning! > Just like BP protects the Gulf of Mexico by drilling beneath it? [https://t.co/ydROmUMGDv](https://t.co/ydROmUMGDv) > > — David Turnbull (@david\_turnbull) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/david_turnbull/status/602882274921566210) Big Oil knows best! > Yep, burying pipelines below water eliminates all risk! [https://t.co/xitMGb5Tan](https://t.co/xitMGb5Tan) [pic.twitter.com/UeFeQdX6Se](https://t.co/UeFeQdX6Se) > > — Karthik Ganapathy (@kartpath) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/kartpath/status/602869068635443200) That’s how you clean things, right? > [@TransCanada](https://twitter.com/TransCanada) That's just like how I clean my house by sweeping all the dirt under the carpet. > > — James McLaren (@JamesHMcLaren) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/JamesHMcLaren/status/602872171837333504) Perhaps if we communicate with them via hockey, they’ll understand… > .[@TransCanada](https://twitter.com/TransCanada) try protecting the net by pulling your goaltender at the start of the first period. > > — Mike Sandmel (@mikeysandmel) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/mikeysandmel/status/602872845895659520) This friendly tweeter was looking for more environmental tips: > [@TransCanada](https://twitter.com/TransCanada) Thanks for the inspiration! Can I also protect children by adding mercury & arsenic to their food? Pls send more helpful tips. > > — Alex Lenferna (@al\_lenferna) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/al_lenferna/status/602874418503634945) Burying your head in the sand is probably safer than burying TransCanada’s pipelines… but it won’t help the climate either: > [@TransCanada](https://twitter.com/TransCanada) And burying your heads in the sand too, apparently. > > — Twyla (@Indigenia) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/Indigenia/status/602888067620319232) They clearly didn’t see it coming, either: > Who could have predicted this tweet would not go over well [https://t.co/UQvlBfwVWM](https://t.co/UQvlBfwVWM) > > — Lauren Strapagiel (@laurenstrapa) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/laurenstrapa/status/602895717217267712) The real message here is clear: TransCanada is in denial — about their impact on the climate, and about the feasibility of their absurd pipeline plans. Let’s stop Keystone XL and Energy East — with tweets and whatever other tools we need: > Reason 89 to say [\#NoKXL](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoKXL?src=hash), [\#EnergyEast](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EnergyEast?src=hash): [\#TransCanada](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TransCanada?src=hash) feels it's helping enviro by "burying pipelines below riverbeds" [https://t.co/08E7aJupGL](https://t.co/08E7aJupGL) > > — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) [May 25, 2015](https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/602953311881277440)