Hillary Clinton's State Department Oil Services and the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline [VIDEO]

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
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With over 700 people arrested so far in the Keystone XL tar sands action taking place at the Obama White House, and widespread distrust and criticism of the State Departmentโ€™s final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), this is a critical moment in the fight against a disastrous proposal to build a tar sands pipeline between Alberta and oil refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast.ย 

Given the scientific certainty that tar sands oil is a recklessly dirty form of energy – as well as fresh evidence from Oil Change International debunking the claims that increasing our dependence on Canadian oil would be helpful for U.S. national security – it should be a no brainer for the Obama administration to say no to TransCanadaโ€™s Keystone XL pipeline.

But powerful oil industry lobbying, as well as pressure from the Canadian government, seem to have deflated and cast aside this administrationโ€™s stated commitments to science-based decisionmaking. Rather than working to transition the nation to a clean energy future now, an Obama administration approval of Keystone XL would further solidify our dirty fossil fuel addiction.

To highlight the influence of oil industry lobbyists over Hillary Clintonโ€™s State Department and its unscientific review of TransCanadaโ€™s Keystone XL pipeline proposal, DeSmogBlog presents a video animation created by artist Mark Fiore, depicting the not-so-far-fetched โ€œState Department Oil Servicesโ€ led by Hillary Clinton:

Visit DeSmogBlogโ€™s Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Action Page for more information.

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

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