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Jon Tveite
Nov 4, 2013, 10:29:39 PM11/4/13
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I apologize for the terribly late notice, but please feel welcome to come to this Manhattan Alliance for Peace & Justice event tomorrow if you can make it.
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MAPJ Quarterly Potluck: Keystone XL Pipeline Update
When: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m
Where: First Congregational Church (Poyntz & Juliette, Manhattan)
What: Potluck dinner followed by a presentation (7:15 p.m.) and discussion
Who: Patty Minx and Carol Barta (possibly including David Yarrow)
Come here the latest about the effort to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline expansion. Plans are being made for large-scale political action if the pipeline plans go forward. Find out how you can be part of an historic environmental movement.
MAPJ members are very good cooks, so please join us for an excellent meal, as well as good information and discussion about this important topic. If you are unable to bring food, please come anyway, as there is always more than enough. If you can’t make it at 6:30, come for the presentation and discussion starting at 7:15.
More text from our latest newsletter <http://www.mapj.org/files/newsletters/October13Newsletter.pdf>...
The Keystone XL Pipeline remains a front line in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and slow the progression of climate change. At issue: the proposed extension of a pipeline through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. In addition to the length of the proposed line, and the agricultural heartland that would be endangered by it, the plan is a problem because of the type of oil it would transport: known as “tar sands”, it is bituminous oil that requires corrosive chemical additives to make it flow the length of the pipe. This makes a spill more likely and more destructive. Of course, activists are quick to point out that even if there is no spill, the easy entry into the marketplace of so much oil will most likely put us past a tipping point for greenhouse gas control and end any hope we have of reducing carbon in time to avoid catastrophic climate change — “game over,” in the words of James Hansen, chief climatologist for NASA.
Such a threat has inspired a global response, including coalition-building between Native American groups, environmentalists, and other concerned world citizens on an unprecedented scale. In northeast Kansas, Patty Minx and David Yarrow have been at the forefront of this work, giving lectures and training sessions on topics like non-violent civil disobedience and zero-carbon farming. Carol Barta, long-time MAPJ board member and supporter, has also been very involved in organizing to stop Keystone XL through Sierra Club and similar groups.
Civil disobedience is already being employed to oppose the pipeline. The project is currently waiting on a decision by President Obama. If he caves to the oil industry, a massive effort to shut down construction will be launched. Come to the potluck to hear about these plans and what you can do to become more involved.
When: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 @ 6:30 p.m
Where: First Congregational Church (Poyntz & Juliette, Manhattan)
What: Potluck dinner followed by a presentation (7:15 p.m.) and discussion
Who: Patty Minx and Carol Barta (possibly including David Yarrow)
Come here the latest about the effort to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline expansion. Plans are being made for large-scale political action if the pipeline plans go forward. Find out how you can be part of an historic environmental movement.
MAPJ members are very good cooks, so please join us for an excellent meal, as well as good information and discussion about this important topic. If you are unable to bring food, please come anyway, as there is always more than enough. If you can’t make it at 6:30, come for the presentation and discussion starting at 7:15.
More text from our latest newsletter <http://www.mapj.org/files/newsletters/October13Newsletter.pdf>...
The Keystone XL Pipeline remains a front line in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and slow the progression of climate change. At issue: the proposed extension of a pipeline through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. In addition to the length of the proposed line, and the agricultural heartland that would be endangered by it, the plan is a problem because of the type of oil it would transport: known as “tar sands”, it is bituminous oil that requires corrosive chemical additives to make it flow the length of the pipe. This makes a spill more likely and more destructive. Of course, activists are quick to point out that even if there is no spill, the easy entry into the marketplace of so much oil will most likely put us past a tipping point for greenhouse gas control and end any hope we have of reducing carbon in time to avoid catastrophic climate change — “game over,” in the words of James Hansen, chief climatologist for NASA.
Such a threat has inspired a global response, including coalition-building between Native American groups, environmentalists, and other concerned world citizens on an unprecedented scale. In northeast Kansas, Patty Minx and David Yarrow have been at the forefront of this work, giving lectures and training sessions on topics like non-violent civil disobedience and zero-carbon farming. Carol Barta, long-time MAPJ board member and supporter, has also been very involved in organizing to stop Keystone XL through Sierra Club and similar groups.
Civil disobedience is already being employed to oppose the pipeline. The project is currently waiting on a decision by President Obama. If he caves to the oil industry, a massive effort to shut down construction will be launched. Come to the potluck to hear about these plans and what you can do to become more involved.
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