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350 Responds to President Obama's Veto of Keystone XL Bill

In response to President Obama's veto of a Congressional bill forcing approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, 350.org Executive Director May Boeve issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON

In response to President Obama's veto of a Congressional bill forcing approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, 350.org Executive Director May Boeve issued the following statement:

"This veto is conclusive proof that activism works. After four years of rallies, marches, sit-ins, and civil disobedience, we're thrilled to see President Obama take an important first step by vetoing this love letter to Big Oil. As the President himself has argued, Keystone XL would worsen climate change, threaten the safety of farmers and landowners in America's heartland, and create essentially no long-term jobs--all so a Canadian oil company gets to ship dirty tar sands to the rest of the world. Now, it's time for the President to show he's serious about his climate legacy by moving on to step two: rejecting this pipeline once and for all."

350 is building a future that's just, prosperous, equitable and safe from the effects of the climate crisis. We're an international movement of ordinary people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all.