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| DC Tar Sands Protest, November 6, 2011 |
Ugh! Looks like the House Republicans are going to pull out all the stops to thwart Obama's rejection of the Tar Sands pipeline.
From The Hill's Energy and Environment Blog, E2 Wire:
- 02/07/12 04:27 PM ET
..."The Obama administration last month rejected a permit for TransCanada. Obama claimed that a Feb. 21 deadline the GOP demanded left inadequate time to complete review, but the administration invited TransCanada to reapply."...
...It would instruct the independent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a permit for TransCanada Corp.’s proposed pipeline within 30 days, taking the issue out of the State Department’s hands.
Three Democrats voted with Republicans for the bill: Reps. Jim Matheson (Utah), John Barrow (Ga.) and Mike Ross (Ark.). Rep. Charlie Bass (N.H.) was the lone Republican who opposed it.
"Passage came after lawmakers defeated several Democratic amendments, including Rep. Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) plan to require that Keystone XL oil, and refined products that it's turned into, remain in the United States.
Markey used the amendment — which failed 14-37 — to batter GOP claims that Keystone will help curb reliance on oil from unstable nations.
'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,' Markey said.
'This bill is not about energy security, it is not about jobs, it is about oil company profits, plain and simple.'"...
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Jim Hansen, the NASA climatologist responsible for popularizing the 350 scenario with his scientific papers, has stated if we tap the Tar Sands it would mean "game over" for climate change. We will have failed to avert a tipping point.
The battle isn't over. Maybe it has just begun.:
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