Writing XL Public Comments: Focus on Obama's Test of Carbon Pollution & Climate Change Impacts

[freshwest]

1. Wish I could find the video of Obama saying it had no true job benefits or money for Americans.

I don't think the supporters of the pipeline can honestly prove any different from that.

But people in communities where the tar sands is coming through by rail are worried about their own back yards as the pipeline would keep it away from them - NIMBYISM.

And some small businesses have already been hurt badly by tar sands shipping tying up their distribution. Some have already gone broke and that is the second rround of pressure on Obama.

Not to mention red states that see Obama as screwing them out of jobs. If it does not go through, more than ever, there will be propaganda that PBO is callously disregarding their needs and they will vote for GOP, Teas, etc.

This is a way to help frame the debate instead of crying foul at PBO for something that has not been decided yet. If he continues to say no as he has with the limited power he possesses over this issue, and defies the GOP HoR and their comrades in the Senate, look for all hell to break loose on the media.

The USA does not need this thing as a national priority, but some places are furious about it not being done, as it was promised since 2007.

Then Obama got into office and has stalled in every way he could, and even OFA staff have entered into protests, but not being totally upfront. Itg's been reported here at DU.

Let's all write the best that we know how, and there are a lot of DUers who know a lot and know the technical aspects.

Thanks for posting, ProSense.