"Pipeline to the Apocalypse" pics

[handmade34]

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201111/tar-sands/

"In the ongoing coverage of the plan to build the Keystone XL pipeline to pump crude tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, a key issue is too often ignored: the ecological horror caused by the oil's extraction. The vast tar sands surface mines of Alberta are among the most destructive industrial projects in human history, having already transformed more than 160 square miles of wetlands and forest into a post-apocalyptic moonscape. Because few Americans will ever see this scorched-earth degradation firsthand, we decided to show you some photos, taken by Canadian photographer Garth Lenz."


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[bluebuzzard]

1. don't shoot the messenger

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/25/obama-defies-base-hires-wall-street-lobbyist-for-re-election-campaign/#ixzz1bq6QaqLh

"Perhaps most troubling to those who normally would consider themselves Obama’s 2012 base, though, is how Johnson has lobbied on behalf of the Keystone XL pipeline. The Huffington Post previously reported that Johnson is a “former Bryan Cave LLP lobbyist registered on the Keystone XL account” and that Bryan Cave LLP earned approximately $1.08 million lobbying for TransCanada between 2009 and 2011"