Joe Uehlein pickets the White House
1/19/2012
By Doug Cunningham
The Labor Network For Sustainability’s Joe Uehlein expects big oil to continue to push for the Keystone Pipeline in the wake of President Obama’s decision refusing to approve it for now. Uehlein says the pipeline and the burning of oil tar sands in Canada would be an environmental disaster and America must come up with the equivalent of a Marshal Plan for a sustainable environmentally friendly economy.
[Uehlein]: “A Marshal Plan-style program to rebuild our energy infrastructure, our communications infrastructure, our water infrastructure. Programs that would one, put people to work right away and two, would help solve the climate crisis. We can’t do it by nibbling around the edges with one little bill here, one little bill there.”
Uehlein says President Obama was especially courageous in turning down the pipeline for now, especially in light of a political threat from the Petroleum Institute.
By Doug Cunningham
The Labor Network For Sustainability’s Joe Uehlein expects big oil to continue to push for the Keystone Pipeline in the wake of President Obama’s decision refusing to approve it for now. Uehlein says the pipeline and the burning of oil tar sands in Canada would be an environmental disaster and America must come up with the equivalent of a Marshal Plan for a sustainable environmentally friendly economy.
Uehlein added:
A Marshal Plan-style program to rebuild our energy infrastructure, our communications infrastructure, our water infrastructure. Programs that would one, put people to work right away and two, would help solve the climate crisis. We can’t do it by nibbling around the edges with one little bill here, one little bill there.
Uehlein says President Obama was especially courageous in turning down the pipeline for now, especially in light of a political threat from the Petroleum Institute.
A Marshal Plan-style program to rebuild our energy infrastructure, our communications infrastructure, our water infrastructure. Programs that would one, put people to work right away and two, would help solve the climate crisis. We can’t do it by nibbling around the edges with one little bill here, one little bill there.
Uehlein says President Obama was especially courageous in turning down the pipeline for now, especially in light of a political threat from the Petroleum Institute.
See
http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2011/08/24/from-picket-lines-to-the-white-house-labor-leader-joins-keystone-xl-protest/ for more informnation on Joe Uehlein.
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