Republican amendments designed to mandate approval of the Keystone XL pipeline just failed in the Senate. Here’s our response:
Republican amendments designed to mandate approval of the Keystone XL pipeline just failed in the Senate. Here's our response: 350.org founder Bill McKibben, who has led protests against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, gave the following statement on today's vote in the Senate: Today's vote was a temporary victory and there's no guarantee that it holds for the long run. But given that this thing was a 'no brainer' a year ago, it's pretty remarkable that people power was able to keep working, even in the oil-soaked Senate. We're grateful to the Administration for denying the permit and for Senate leadership for holding the line. The reason this fight has been so hard is because of the financial power of the fossil fuel industry, so that's what we're going after now. We've been playing defense for months, now we've got to quickly go on offense. Going forward, we'll be working with the huge majorities of Americans who want to end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. We've learned a lot, not all of it savory, about how the political process works and we're going to put that to use. Next week, 350.org will be launching a global petition to end fossil fuel subsidies and working to get every member of Congress on the record about whether they side with Big Oil or stand the American people.
Republican amendments designed to mandate approval of the Keystone XL pipeline just failed in the Senate. Here’s our response: