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President Obama: Keystone XL Pipeline “Would Not Serve National Interest”
By Staff - Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, November 6, 2015
National Nurses United rally against Keystone X-L, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, 2013
President Obama has announced his support for US Secretary of State John Kerry’s rejection of the long-proposed Keystone XL Pipeline project, which would have brought Canadian tar sands oil to the Texas south coast for shipping overseas. Supporters of real action to address climate change and energy democracy are celebrating the announcement.
US Trade Union Opposition to Keystone XL:
- ATU & TWU Oppose Approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline and Call for End of Increased Use of Tar Sands Oil
- Nurses Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline, Cite Adverse Effects of Increased Air Pollution, Climate Change
- Nation’s Largest Nurses Union Joins Chorus Saying: ‘No Keystone XL’
- Labor Pains, Evergreen
- Domestic Workers Say No to Keystone XL
- SEIU 1199 opposes Keystone XL
- Coverage on Portside.org labor report
Research has shown the pipeline posed serious threats to the environment, safety and economies of communities along its route, while promises that the project would be a major creator of jobs were unfounded. For more on these issues, please see:
- The Impact of Tar Sands Pipeline Spills on Employment and the Economy, Cornell University Global Labor Institute Research Paper, March 2012. (Co-authored)
- Pipe Dreams: Jobs Gained, Jobs Lost in the Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, Cornell University Global Labor Institute Research Paper, September 2011 (Co-authored)
- Democracy Now! Interview: Labor Researchers Say Keystone XL Project May Kill More Jobs than it Creates. Interview with Amy Goodman.
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