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From: Trey Pollard <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:26 AM
Subject: Sierra Club Statement on Gulf Coast Tar Sands Pipeline
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 22, 2013
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Sierra Club Statement on Gulf Coast Tar Sands Pipeline
Houston, TX – TransCanada announced today the start up of the Gulf Coast Tar Sands Pipeline between Cushing, OK and the Gulf Coast of Texas.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
“Today’s announcement is a painful example of President Obama’s all of the above energy plan at work: polluted air and water, carbon pollution, and the ever present threat of poisoned drinking water for millions of Texas and Oklahoma families. At a time when America is making huge strides on wind and solar power, this dangerous and unnecessary tar sands pipeline is a step backward when we should be moving forward on clean energy.
“The Corps of Engineers allowed TransCanada to cross thousands of waterways and wetlands without adequate review or safety precautions. Emergency responders are ill-prepared for tar sands pipeline failures like those that devastated Mayflower, AR, and Kalamazoo, MI. And the export of this tar sands crude overseas means that along with more carbon pollution and more poisoned air and water, Americans will see higher gas prices.
“Tar sands is more corrosive, more toxic, and more difficult to clean up than conventional crude. Coupled with lax oversight and TransCanada’s dismal safety record, this pipeline spells bad news for farmers and families whose land, health, and safety were forfeited so that oil companies can reach export markets with their deadly product. The Sierra Club will fight hard to protect the families who are now at risk, and turn the Obama administration’s shortsighted dirty energy policy around.”
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