BREAKING: Obama Caves on Keystone XL Pipeline

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Read this New York Times article on the disappointing decision by the Obama State Department to go ahead with a 3,200 km pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands to the US Gulf Coast – despite a large protest movement against the project.

“In reaching its conclusion that the Keystone XL pipeline from the oil sands
deposits in Alberta would have minimal environmental impact, the
administration dismissed criticism from environmental advocates, who
said that extracting the oil would have a devastating impact on the
climate and that a leak or rupture in the 36-inch-diameter pipeline
could wreak ecological disaster. Opponents also said the project would
prolong the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels, threaten sensitive
lands and wildlife and further delay development of clean energy
sources” (Aug 26, 2011)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/27/business/energy-environment/us-state-department-to-allow-canadian-pipeline.html?_r=1

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About Damien Gillis

Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues - especially relating to water, energy, and saving Canada's wild salmon - working with many environmental organizations in BC and around the world. He is the co-founder, along with Rafe Mair, of The Common Sense Canadian, and a board member of both the BC Environmental Network and the Haig-Brown Institute.