Saturday, January 18, 2014

Groups to Obama: Your Fossil Fuel-Driven Policies = Catastrophic Climate Future

18 environmental, environmental justice, and public health advocacy organizations have written a pointed letter to President Obama.

Citing the glaring gaps between his sometimes encouraging rhetoric and the realities of his fossil fuel-laden policies, eighteen environmental, environmental justice, and public health advocacy organizations have written a pointed letter to President Obama slamming his "all of the above" energy strategy as a "compromised" approach that "future generations can't afford."

“You can’t have it both ways,” said Sierra Club's executive director Michael Brune in an interview with the Washington Post, which received advanced notice of the letter that was sent to the White House on Thursday.

"In the coming months your administration will be making key decisions regarding fossil fuel development -- including the Keystone XL pipeline, fracking on public lands, and drilling in the Arctic ocean -- that will either set us on a path to achieve the clean energy future we all envision or will significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."

The full article is available here