As President Obama heads to Oklahoma today to announce the fast-tracking
of the southern portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Oklahoma
to Texas, we speak with 350.org’s Bill McKibben. The pipeline approval
comes two months after Obama rejected a proposal for the 1,300-mile
Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta tar sands oil fields to Texas
after large protests by environmental groups. It also comes at a time
when much of the nation is experiencing a heat wave that some scientists
and meteorologists have linked to climate change. Spring only began on
Tuesday, but it has felt like summer this week throughout much of the
Northeast, Midwest and parts of Canada. Record temperatures have been
recorded in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Buffalo and
many other cities and towns. Some 36 states set daily high temperature
records last Thursday.Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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