Keystone XL got its final permit.

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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Dear Friends,

State authorities in Nebraska just approved a final permit for the Keystone XL pipeline – but along a different route than the original one. It’s not the permit TransCanada wanted. We’re still determining exactly what this re-route means, but we know one thing for sure: this fight is definitely not over.

If politicians like Trump and Trudeau keep bulldozing ahead with pipelines like Keystone XL and Kinder Morgan, it’s up to us to rise up and stop tar sands expansion at the source.

Sign our petition calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to give the largest open pit tar sands mine ever proposed – Teck Frontier – a proper review that considers climate change and Indigenous rights.

The Teck Frontier mine is a massive tar sands expansion project. If built, it... would be an open pit mine nearly three times the size of Vancouver, and would fill massive export pipelines like Kinder Morgan – and, most likely, Keystone XL.

Hearing this news today was tough. But I have hope. TransCanada has argued that any route other than the one they applied for is unworkable. By pushing Keystone XL onto a new route, the commission all but guaranteed more delays for this pipeline. And every day we delay this project, we’re keeping 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil in the ground.

Let’s not forget that our movement stopped the Keystone XL pipeline for years – and, as you read this, communities in the US are pledging to keep stopping KXL and resisting Trump’s fossil fuel agenda.

In Canada, the best way to fight Keystone XL is by targeting the source of the destruction. Demand that Prime Minister Trudeau give the Teck Frontier project a real review.

We know that we can stop projects like Teck Frontier in their tracks by making sure they receive an honest review that fully considers their detrimental impact on climate change and Indigenous rights. That’s exactly how we won the fight against the Energy East tar sands pipeline.

Hold Prime Minister Trudeau to his promises to honour Canada’s international climate commitments and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It’s time for him to measure all new fossil fuel projects against these standards. Let’s stand up in resistance to the Teck Frontier Project.

Thank you for helping get us to this point - it’s no small feat.

With resolve,

Bill McKibben

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