Well, I may not have been able to get anyone on Facebook to take me up on my offer of a ride to Washington to join protesters opposing the Keystone XL-Pipeline, but Bill McKibben and Co. managed to convince 12,000 people to show up at the White House last Sunday! What an amazing turnout to turn President Obama's head toward the importance of killing this project and sending the message that he's really the pro-environment, clean-energy guy we thought we had elected.Thanks to my husband Jeff and my daughter Sylvia, I had company as we helped to form a human chain encircling the White House three-times over to let Obama know that if he wants his supporters from 2008 to put in the effort to get him reelected, he has got to do his part. President Obama apparently was out playing golf on what was a gorgeous day, but I think there were enough cameras, tweeters, bloggers and reporters in attendance to deliver him the message. (See my slideshow below). Last week, the president made it clear in remarks to the press, that he is seriously weighing the potential environmental damage against jobs that could be gained by his approval of the pipeline. So, what started out last summer as a longer-than-long shot chance to turn back big oil, is looking a little more now like a winnable battle. But that doesn't mean we should put our slingshots away. Goliath may be on his knees, but he's still out there. |
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