{"id":15952,"date":"2013-02-23T20:24:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T02:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=15952"},"modified":"2013-02-23T20:24:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T02:24:35","slug":"educate-yourself-about-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/23\/educate-yourself-about-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Educate yourself about the Keystone XL Pipeline.  Please."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was distressed to find many people who are essentially pro-environment and who generally understand climate change science being less than terribly shocked about the prospect of the Keystone XL pipeline being built. Then I began to realize that many people don&#8217;t realize the order of magnitude of the problem.  I&#8217;m writing a blog post about this which I&#8217;ll post Sunday or Monday, but in the mean time I want to provide a list of handy dandy reliable and helpful sources of information about the pipeline and related issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/blog\/2013\/feb\/22\/keystone-xl-pipeline-barack-obama-oil-sands\">Keystone XL decision will define Barack Obama&#8217;s legacy on climate change<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skepticalscience.com\/updated-keystone-climate.html\">An Updated Look at What Keystone XL and Alberta Tar Sands Mean for the Climate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/getenergysmartnow.com\/2013\/02\/10\/why-not-keystone-xl-clear-reasons-why-keystone-xl-is-not-in-the-us-national-interest\/\">Why not Keystone XL. Clear reasons why Keystone XL is not in the U.S. national interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/research\/2012\/01\/26\/study-the-press-and-the-pipeline\/186559\">STUDY: The Press And The Pipeline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/energy\/keystone-pipeline\/files\/Keystone-Oil-Prices-Report.pdf\">Keystone XL: A Tar Sands Pipeline to INcrease Oil Prices (JUST ADDED: PDF file)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/research\/2013\/02\/14\/5-myths-about-keystone-xl-debunked\/192668\">5 Myths About Keystone XL, Debunked<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/debunking-natures-arguments-for-keystone\/\">Debunking Nature\u2019s arguments for Keystone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/significantfigures\/index.php\/2013\/02\/10\/the-keystone-xl-pipeline-red-herring-symbol-or-a-piece-of-a-puzzle\/\">The Keystone XL Pipeline: Red herring, symbol, or a piece of a puzzle?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2013\/02\/04\/joe-romm-on-climate-obama-keystone-and-consequences\/\">Joe Romm on Climate, Obama, Keystone, and Consequences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/switchboard.nrdc.org\/blogs\/ddroitsch\/new_video_explains_the_climate.html\">New video explains the climate threat from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/switchboard.nrdc.org\/blogs\/sclefkowitz\/new_analysis_shows_simple_math.html\">New Analysis Shows Simple Math: Keystone XL Pipeline = Tar Sands Expansion = Climate Change<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=tar-sands-and-keystone-xl-pipeline-impact-on-global-warming\">How Much Will Tar Sands Oil Add to Global Warming?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was distressed to find many people who are essentially pro-environment and who generally understand climate change science being less than terribly shocked about the prospect of the Keystone XL pipeline being built. Then I began to realize that many people don&#8217;t realize the order of magnitude of the problem. I&#8217;m writing a blog post &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/23\/educate-yourself-about-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-please\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Educate yourself about the Keystone XL Pipeline.  Please.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3641,148,856,3633],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-49i","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}