The original pipeline runs from Alberta, Canada to Patoka, Ill. and began functioning in June 2010. Transporting millions of barrels of oil in which emmits more carbon into the environment. A proposed extension popped up in 2008 – the Keystone XL. NASA scientist James Hansen boldly stated the pipeline would be “game over for the planet.
Why is this important?
The petition urges (mainly to the President) into disapproving the Keystone Pipeline in the upcoming summer of 2013.
