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CONTACT: Robert Naiman, <a href="tel:217-979-2857" value="+12179792857" target="_blank">217-979-2857</a>, <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt">Advocates Hold Vigil in Urbana Monday Urging President Obama to Reject Keystone XL</span></b><span style="font-size:18pt"></span></p>
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in Urbana at Champaign County Veterans Memorial at 5pm in
Response to Final Environmental Review </span></i></b><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Urbana, IL – More than 20 local advocates for government action to address climate change will participate in a protest vigil at the Champaign County Veterans’ Memorial on Monday at 5pm calling on President Obama to reject the controversial Keystone XL pipeline following the release of the State Department’s Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. The Keystone XL pipeline will be a huge source of carbon pollution and clearly fails the climate test set by President Obama.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">The event is part of a national campaign led by CREDO, Rainforest Action
Network, the Sierra Club and <a href="http://350.org" target="_blank">350.org</a>, among a host of other
organizations, calling on the president to keep his commitment to
reduce carbon pollution and reject the pipeline. On Monday, there
will be more than 230 vigils in 47 states.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">“Everyone agrees that increasing the
exploitation of tar sands oil will harm the climate,” said Robert Naiman,
Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy and Urbana resident. “The only dispute is
over how much approving the proposed pipeline would contribute to that harm.
President Obama has repeatedly promised to do what he can to protect the
climate by acting under his own authority. Rejecting the Keystone pipeline is
entirely within his authority.”</p>
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</span><span style>WHAT: Protest vigil urging President Obama to
reject the Keystone XL Pipeline following the release of the State Department’s
new environmental assessment. Activists will hold candles, signs and chant against
the pipeline. <br>
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WHO: Local activists with CREDO, Rainforest Action Network, the
Sierra Club, Just Foreign Policy and <a href="http://350.org" target="_blank">350.org</a><br>
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WHEN: 5pm <br>
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WHERE: SE corner of Broadway and Main, downtown Urbana<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">Keystone XL is a tar
sands pipeline that would transport some of the dirtiest
crude oil on the planet from Alberta Canada, and across American
soil for export. The vigil in Urbana is part of a campaign to try and
stop the pipeline from ruining the climate and endangering communities along
the proposed pipeline route.<span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> </p></font></span></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br>
<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left">(202) 448-2898, extension 1</span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div>
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