Monday, August 12, 2013

ΗΠΑ: Διαμαρτυρία κατά του πετρελαιαγωγού Keystone XL

Καθιστική διαμαρτυρία έξω από το κτήριο του αμερικανικού υπουργείου Εξωτερικών πραγματοποίησαν περίπου 200 άνθρωποι, διαμαρτυρόμενοι για το σχέδιο κατασκευής του πετρελαιαγωγού Keystone XL που θα συνδέει τον Καναδά με τις ΗΠΑ.

Στην κινητοποιήση συμμετείχαν πολλές περιβαλλοντικές οργανώσεις, υπό το άγρυπνο βλέμμα ισχυρών αστυνομικών δυνάμεων.
Οι διαδηλωτές, κυρίως άτομα μεγάλης ηλικίας, φώναζαν συνθήματα όπως «Ομπάμα, σταμάτα τον αγωγό», «Δεν μπορείς να μας αγνοείς, είμαστε ο λαός» και «Δεν θα σταματήσουμε, ένας άλλος κόσμος είναι εφικτός».

Οι οργανώσεις εκφράζουν φόβους για ρύπανση του περιβάλλοντος στην περίπτωση διαρροής ενώ αμφισβητούν το κατά πόσο η κατασκευή του αγωγού αυτού θα δημιουργήσει νέες θέσεις εργασίας στις ΗΠΑ.
Ο Keystone XL είναι ένα από τα σχέδια της καναδικής εταιρείας TransCanada. Όταν κατασκευαστεί θα έχει μήκος 1.897 χιλιόμετρα και θα συνδέει την Αλμπέρτα του Καναδά με τη Νεμπράσκα, στις κεντρικές ΗΠΑ.
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12/8/13
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3 comments:

  1. Keystone XL Protest Draws Hundreds To State Department ....

    WASHINGTON -- About 200 environmental activists gathered in front of the State Department Monday morning to protest the proposed expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline through the midwestern United States.

    The protesters silently marched to the entrance to the building, at which point 60 of them engaged in a sit-in outside. Dozens of law enforcement officials, including officers from the Homeland Security Police wearing bulletproof vests, met the protesters at the building's entrance. However, the protesters did not attempt to enter the State Department building, and police did not take action to arrest them.

    The event was organized by three activist groups: CREDO, Rainforest Action Network and The Other 98%.
    It was designed to encourage federal regulators to reject TransCanada Corporation's application to connect the Canadian phase of the petroleum-carrying pipeline to ports along the Gulf of Mexico.....http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/keystone-xl-protest_n_3744108.html
    12/8/13

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  2. U.S. president needs to make up his mind on Keystone XL: John Baird....

    WASHINGTON -- John Baird is in Washington today pushing for a prompt decision on the Keystone XL pipeline.

    The foreign affairs minister is making public appearances with Keystone-friendly senators amid a string of meetings.

    The message from Baird and the senators is that the Obama administration shouldn't drag out the approval process any longer.

    At one news conference, Baird said "decision time" is upon us, later repeating the phrase to emphasize the point.

    When asked what else politicians can do to advance the file, Baird said there's only one who can truly make a difference, and his name is Barack Obama.

    Baird made the remark next to North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat who also expressed frustration over what she calls an unnecessarily lengthy approval process.

    Heitkamp says it's taken the U.S. longer to approve a simple pipeline than it did to defeat Adolf Hitler.............http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/u-s-president-needs-to-make-up-his-mind-on-keystone-xl-john-baird-1.1640830#ixzz2qVCEdCll
    15/1/14

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  3. U.S. won't be pushed into fast Keystone decision....

    The United States government will not put a timeline on when it will hand down a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, despite a push by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird during his three-day visit to Washington.

    Kerry made the comments during a joint press conference with Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade after a trilateral meeting in Washington.

    While taking questions from reporters, Kerry said he is still awaiting another environmental review of the proposed project, and a decision cannot be expected until that process is complete and he has had time to review the report......http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/u-s-won-t-be-pushed-into-fast-keystone-decision-1.1643863#ixzz2qiyxKqrK
    17/1/14

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