The Sierra Club Beyond Oil Campaign produced this new video to explain the environmental impacts of the proposed Tar Sands Pipeline.
This is really dirty stuff.
For more information, go to SierraClub.org/beyondoil.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Tuesday at a 33-20 clip to advance a bill – possibly to the full House floor – to cram the Keystone Pipeline down middle America’s throat.
Some are falsely claiming this pipeline will reduce our reliance on foreign oil. The E2 Wire blog on TheHill.com quotes Rep. Ed Markey as saying – “This appears to be a complete fiction, because under this bill there are no guarantees that even a drop of the tar sands oil and fuels will stay in this country.
“This bill is not about energy security, it is not about jobs, it is about oil company profits, plain and simple.”
I believe the Canadian people are great – aye. The Canadian government, on the other hand, engages in some really messed up policies. And as is the case far too often in the US government, elected officials there seem to be locked into doing the bidding of corporate Canada and Big Oil – over what is best for the people, the environment and wildlife.
The good news out of Canada this week comes from an odd source – Russia. CTA.ca reports the International Fund for Animal Welfare has obtained a document that states the Russian Federation has banned has the importation of all harp seal pelts.
Russia has been the largest market for seal pelts. This could be a great victory for baby seals and could mean vast numbers could be saved from the brutal hunts that take place each year, where the babies are clubbed to death. It’s a sick industry and it’s long past time to shut it down.
Don’t take the word of Big Oil on the safety of tar sands and don’t trust the propaganda out of Big Oil on any subject. This dirty tar sands project will and is currently negatively impacting people and wildlife.
ONE – Cain campaigns at Texas greyhound racetrack
I’m not shy about calling out politicians and elected officials on all sides for making bone-headed blunders where animal welfare is concerned. Herman Cain is newest member of the list.
Reuters is reporting Cain took his tour to a Texas greyhound racetrack. Why would he want to pal around with people betting on dog races? Does he realize what kind of life the dogs are leading? If he wanted to go where a group of people were gambling, why not go to a typical casino.
Protesters are planning large demonstrations outside the White House, to draw attention to the proposed tar sand pipeline. The 1,600-mile pipeline would transport oil from the tar sands of Alberta down to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Guardian out of the UK reports – “” Greenhouse gas emissions of tar sands crude are 40% higher than conventional oil, and the open-pit mining has devastated Alberta’s boreal forest. “”
Scheduled to begin today, the protests are being called the “biggest green civil disobedience campaign in a generation.”