Former vice-president says oil pipeline is ‘really a losing proposition’ and demands climate plan promised at inauguration. Al Gore has called on Barack Obama to veto the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, describing it as “an atrocity”. The former vice-president said in an interview on Friday that he hoped Obama would follow the example of British Columbia, which last week rejected a similar pipeline project, and shut down the Keystone XL. “I certainly hope that he will veto that now that the Canadians have publicly concluded that it is not safe to take a pipeline across British Columbia to ports on the Pacific,” he told the Guardian. “I really can’t imagine that our country would say: ‘Oh well. Take it right over parts of the Ogallala aquifer’, our largest and most important source of ground water in the US. It’s really a losing proposition.” To keep reading, click here. Continue reading – Al Gore says Obama Must Veto ‘Atrocity’ of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Related Articles A Clear View of Alaska Occupy Sandy, Once Welcomed, Now Questioned Are Fungus-Farming Ants the Key to Better Biofuel?

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Al Gore says Obama Must Veto ‘Atrocity’ of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline