{"id":34172,"date":"2012-01-06T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T21:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=27534"},"modified":"2012-01-06T16:40:24","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T21:40:24","slug":"show-time-make-sure-obama-doesnt-cave-to-big-oil-take-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/show-time-make-sure-obama-doesnt-cave-to-big-oil-take-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Time — Make Sure Obama Doesn't Cave to Big Oil! (Take Action)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s an email Bill McKibben sent to US 350.org supporters who have been working on Keystone XL last night:<\/em><\/p>\n

Just in case you thought there was anything subtle about the Keystone battle, you need to hear what the president of the American Petroleum Institute — the oil industry’s #1 front group — said yesterday: if the President doesn\u2019t approve the project there will \u201chuge political consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s as direct a threat as you\u2019re ever going to hear in DC, and it shows just how mad you made the oil industry last year by exposing Keystone for the climate-killing danger it is.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0And the oil industry can obviously make good on their threats — they\u2019ve got all the money on earth, and thanks to Citizens United they can use it without restriction in our elections. They\u2019re not used to ever losing.<\/p>\n

So far the Obama administration is standing firm in the face of Big Oil’s bullying\u00a0<\/strong>—\u00a0the White House made it completely clear last month that if the oil industry and its harem in Congress forced a speeded-up review, it would lead to an outright rejection of the permit for the pipeline. We expect they\u2019ll keep their word.<\/div>\n

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Here’s what I think we need to do.<\/div>\n
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1- Let the president know you\u2019ve got his back when he rejects the pipeline.<\/strong>\u00a0Tell him that addressing climate change is the key to our future, and that you\u2019re glad he\u2019s not bending.<\/p>\n

2- Take the offensive against the oil industry.<\/strong>\u00a0If they\u2019re going to try and ram Keystone down our throats we\u2019re going to try and take away something they hold dear, the handouts that Congress gives them each and every year. They\u2019re the richest industry on earth, they\u2019re doing great damage to the planet — and they expect us to pay for it with our tax dollars.<\/p>\n

Can you send a quick note to President Obama covering those two key points?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to send a message to the President: www.350.org\/stand-strong<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the note I’m sending:<\/p>\n

President Obama: Thank you for opposing the rushed Keystone XL pipeline permit. Responding to climate change is critical to preserving our collective future, and I hope this is a first step towards the dramatic changes we need to avoid catastrophe. PS: Please take handouts for the fossil fuel industry out of next year\u2019s budget. There are people in America who need that money more.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s lots more to be done, of course. In the slightly longer run, we\u2019ve got to take on the greatest subsidy of all: the special privilege that Congress gives the fossil fuel industry to use the atmosphere as an open sewer into which to dump its carbon for free.<\/p>\n

But today — right now, in the face of this kind of straight-up bullying — it\u2019s time to punch back. We\u2019re nonviolent, but we\u2019re not wimps.<\/p><\/div>\n

Bill<\/p>\n

Obama photo<\/a>\u00a0via jurvetson on flickr<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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