Keystone pipeline corruption exposed

*I find this concerning enough to sign on to the letter petitioning for an internal investigation by the SOS, especially after the consumer watchdog study a couple if weeks ago showing that KXL would RAISE US gas prices by 30-40 cents per gallon. - Dan

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From: "Greenpeace" <webmaster@greenpeaceusa.org>
Date: Jul 27, 2013 6:24 AM
Subject: Keystone pipeline corruption exposed
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Dear Daniel, We only have one planet, and it's going to take all of us to stand up to protect it. That's why we're working with our allies at Friends of the Earth to help expose the corruption within the State Department regarding the Keystone pipeline. Getting sign off on the environmental review by the same people who seek to destroy it is a major conflict of interest and it's time for Secretary Kerry to act. See below to read more and send your letter to Secretary Kerry today. Thanks, Your friends at Greenpeace ---------------------------------- Dear Daniel, The fox is guarding the hen house! Don't let the firm reviewing the environmental impacts of KXL get away with lying about it's Big Oil connections. Tell Sec. Kerry to investigate now. Recently, Friends of the Earth released a shocking expose of the State Department's handling of the Keystone XL pipeline's environmental review. We discovered that the company hired by the State Department to conduct the environmental review for this risky pipeline has done extensive work for TransCanada and the many oil companies that stand to benefit if the pipeline is built. Making matters worse, the firm, Environmental Resources Management, lied on its federal conflict of interest disclosure forms when it declared it had no such ties. Where does this leave the Keystone XL review? It's now time for Secretary of State John Kerry to determine how a firm with financial ties to TransCanada and the oil industry was allowed to write the government's environmental impact statement, and why the State Department never investigated the company's claims to have no such ties. Only then can we have a fair and accurate assessment. Tell Secretary of State John Kerry that it's time to cancel ERM's contract and halt the Keystone review until it can be done fairly and without the influence of Big Oil. This is not the first time the State Department's botched handling of the Keystone XL environmental review has been in the news. In March, Mother Jones revealed that the State Department had tried to conceal the fact that some of the consultants who wrote the report had worked for TransCanada. Now, with this latest conflict of interest revelation, it's clear that the Keystone review has been hopelessly compromised by the oil industry. The United States simply cannot afford to let Big Oil set its climate policy through shady deals and cover-ups. Join us in calling on John Kerry to halt the Keystone review and launch an investigation immediately into this corruption of the environmental review process. Since TransCanada first applied for a presidential permit in 2008, the State Department has acted like the oil industry's best friend, willing to sneak a thumb onto the scales to benefit Big Oil. We need your help to bring transparency and an end to these backroom deals. Tell John Kerry, no more cover-ups. Halt the Keystone XL review now. Standing with you, Ross Hammond, Senior campaigner, Friends of the Earth
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