The State Department just rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline after
congressional Republicans put it on an irresponsible and arbitrary
timeline.
Our opponents are fighting hard against this decision to put our safety and sound science first.
The Obama administration did the right thing by refusing to
green-light a project before experts could determine the consequences.
After all, there was a lot at stake: the proposed 1,700-mile pipeline
would have run over one of the Midwest's largest source of fresh
drinking water.
The appropriate
scientific and public-safety review was under way, but Republicans in
Congress thought scoring political points was more important.
This decision doesn't
change the President's determination to take real steps to reduce our
dependence on foreign oil by investing in clean energy and get Americans
back to work:
- We're already importing 1.1 million fewer barrels of oil every single day,
- Getting 70 percent more power from wind and solar, and
- We've supported more than 224,000 clean-energy jobs.
Energy
efficiency measures like nearly doubling fuel-economy standards for cars
and light trucks for the first time in decades will:
- Reduce our dependence on oil by an estimated 12 billion barrels,
- Save families $1.7 trillion at the pump,
- Make our air cleaner to breathe, and create jobs.
That's the kind
of action we need to give our economy a boost and tackle big issues like
climate change—but we're not done yet. The chance to accomplish even
more in the President's second term is what this campaign is all about,
and what's at stake between now and November.
But our opponents are
fighting back hard against the State Department's decision. That's why
we need to say loudly and clearly that we're standing with President
Obama.
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