Anti XL Pipeline Bus Bench Sign

Ken Winston, Policy Advocate, Nebraska Sierra Club, sent the following letter to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.  On behalf of our Nebraska chapter, Ken makes the case, in detail, why it is not in the “national interest of the United States” for the Keystone XL Pipeline to be granted a permit to cross the Nebraska Sand Hills and Ogallala Aquifer.

Dear Secretary Clinton:

I am writing on behalf of the Nebraska Sierra Club to state our opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The proposed Keystone XL pipeline is not in the national interest of the United States of America for the following reasons: 1. It places America’s greatest natural resource, the vast and vulnerable Ogallala aquifer, at risk for short-term financial gain that will benefit few Americans. 2. Denying the permit is required by American fundamentals of representative democracy. 3. TransCanada, a foreign corporation, has violated fundamental principles of the democratic process. 4. TransCanada, a foreign corporation, has violated principles of the Constitution and laws of the United States and the State of Nebraska. 5. The Final Environmental Impact Statement is seriously flawed. Continue reading →