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title: "Bill McKibben Responds to President Obama's Pledge to Veto Keystone XL Bill"
date: 2015-01-06T18:43:04Z
modified: 2015-01-06T18:43:04Z
permalink: "https://350.org/press-release/bill-mckibben-responds-to-president-obamas-pledge-to-veto-keystone-xl-bill/"
type: press-release
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 36346
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Washington, DC — 350.org founder Bill McKibben issued the following statement in reaction to the news that President Obama would veto legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline:

“This is a tribute to the millions of people who have made this one of the center pieces of a fast growing climate movement. So far their desire to protect the land and climate have been a match for the fountains of dirty money that constitute the oil industry’s only real argument.”

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