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The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline extension would transport crude oil from the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, and then to the U.S. Gulf Coast for transport. The Keystone extension has faced criticism from environmentalists and some members of Congress. In 2010, the U.S. Department of State extended the deadline for federal agencies to decide if the pipeline is in the national interest. In the end, it will be President Obama\u2019s who makes that decision.<\/p>\n

A video primer on the Alberta Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nIt is August 25, the sixth day of demonstrations against the Keystone XL taking place in front of the White House. Before the demonstrations are over, organizers estimate at least 1000 will be arrested in one of the biggest environmental actions its kind in decades. The stakes are high for those who live along the pipeline\u2019s proposed route, as well as for the entire planet. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/current.com\/shows\/countdown\/videos\/activist-bill-mckibben-on-why-tar-sands-pipeline-is-game-over-for-the-climate%20%20%20\" target=\"_blank\">environment activist Bill McKibben<\/a>, the proposed pipeline, could be <a href=\"http:\/\/current.com\/shows\/countdown\/videos\/activist-bill-mckibben-on-why-tar-sands-pipeline-is-game-over-for-the-climate%20%20%20\" target=\"_blank\">game over for climate change.<\/a> The pipeline extension would insure an expansion of the extraction and processing of the thick oil, thus increasing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the pipeline would raise the risk of spills and damage to aquifers and waterways along its path.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.occasionalplanet.org\/2011\/05\/11\/koch-brothers-southern-illinois-roots-national-clout\/\">The Koch brothers.<\/a> who have bankrolled the Tea Party movement, climate change skepticism and right-wing think tanks, such as the Cato Institute, are involved in the Alberta Tar Sands oil industry, and stand to gain financially if the pipeline is approved.<\/p>\nA map of the existing and proposed Keystone pipelines<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.occasionalplanet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pipeline_map_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11275\" title=\"pipeline_map_0\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.occasionalplanet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pipeline_map_01.jpg?resize=460%2C564\" width=\"460\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/occasionalplanet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pipeline_map_01.jpg?w=460&ssl=1 460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/occasionalplanet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pipeline_map_01.jpg?resize=244%2C300&ssl=1 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nEminent research scientists oppose the Keystone Extension<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe following is a letter from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarsandsaction.org\/scientists-keystone-xl-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\">twenty climate change scientists urging President Obama to stop the Keystone extension<\/a>. They work at top institutions such as Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Cornell, University of Chicago, the Woods Hole Research Center, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and others.<\/p>\n<blockquote>President Obama:<\/p>\nWe are researchers at work on the science of climate change and allied fields. We are writing to add our voices to the indigenous leaders, religious leaders, and environmentalists calling on you to block the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada\u2019s tar sands.<\/p>\nThe tar sands are a huge pool of carbon, but one that does not make sense to exploit. It takes a lot of energy to extract and refine this resource into useable fuel, and the mining is environmentally destructive.\u00a0Adding this on top of conventional fossil fuels will leave our children and grandchildren a climate system with consequences that are out of their control. \u00a0It makes no sense to build a pipeline system that would practically guarantee extensive exploitation of this resource.<\/p>\nWhen other huge oil fields or coal mines were opened in the past, we knew much less about the damage that the carbon they contained would do to the Earth\u2019s climate system and to its oceans. Now that we do know, it\u2019s imperative that we move quickly to alternate forms of energy\u2014and that we leave the tar sands in the ground. We hope those so inclined will join protests scheduled for August and described at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarsandsaction.org\/\">tarsandsaction.org<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf the pipeline is to be built, you as president have to declare that it is \u201cin the national interest.\u201d As scientists, speaking for ourselves and not for any of our institutions, we can say categorically that it\u2019s not only not in the national interest, it\u2019s also not in the planet\u2019s best interest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n(To see the names of the scientists who signed this letter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarsandsaction.org\/scientists-keystone-xl-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>).<\/p>\nmap:solveclimatenews.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline extension would transport crude oil from the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[451],"tags":[1209,917],"yoast_head":"\n<title>The Alberta Tar Sands, Keystone XL Pipeline: Game over for climate change<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline extension would transport crude oil from the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, and then to the U.S. Gulf Coast for transport. 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