I thought you might be interested to see what our friend Bill McKibben has been up to in the last few days. His is just one of several high-profile arrests--Daryl Hannah, Margot Kidder, and a former Obama campaign worker are among the 706 arrested so far--in 12 days of protests against the planned "Keystone XL" oil pipeline.
His attempt to compare himself to MLK, Jr. strikes me as real misstep, even if the point is ultimately meant to emphasize how fall short of that standard he falls.
In any case, the debate over the construction of the pipeline is arguably one of the most significant environmental issues of the moment, and one that may prove to be a real test of Obama's commitment to environmental causes.
I am consistently surprised, not just by the ever increasing amount of drilling, but also by the increases in risk to the environment that these techniques pose. I was under the impression that the goal was to make drilling more efficient, not less. Or decrease it period. This is a crucial moment for Obama's so-called green agenda.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this is a defining moment for President Obama. I like that they wore their old campaign button in hopes that it serves as another reminder that a large base of his voters care deeply about environmental issues. However, I am not surprised by this Keystone XL pipeline. I hope that the scale of environmental destruction this Keystone XL pipeline will create is realized.
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