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Among Sanders' choices was Bill McKibben, the climate activist who founded 350.org, led the charge to block Keystone XL, and calls for dramatically reduced fossil fuel extraction.
Oh, and the possibility that, in deciding to block Keystone, the president would finally signal a shift in policy that matters, finally acknowledge that we have to keep most of the carbon that's still in the ground in that ground if we want our children and grandchildren to live on a planet worth inhabiting.
"This veto is conclusive proof that activism works," May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, a global environmental group leading the campaign to block Keystone XL, said in a statement.
That's a variant on an argument frequently repeated by those inclined to approve the pipeline: block Keystone XL, and the dynamics of the market dictate that another pipeline proposal will sooner or later crop up to replace it.
Unfortunately, blocking Keystone may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory if the public isn't convinced that there are better, cheaper alternatives to fossil fuels.
As he notes, the likely outcome of blocking Keystone would be a pipeline to British Columbia to export the oil to China.
If the president blocks Keystone, and the First Nation tribes continue their staunch opposition to the western pipeline, then Canada will have the second largest oil reserves in the world — and no place to sell it.
Unfortunately, blocking Keystone XL will not reduce GHG emissions nor will it increase investment in renewable forms of energy.
Activists have urged Obama to block the Keystone XL pipeline project to pump crude from the Alberta tar sands as a sign of his commitment.
Finally, and most important, Hansen has placed all his credibility on one battle: the fight to persuade President Obama to block the Keystone XL pipeline.
