Cross-posted from TarSandsAction.org

Great news – after outreach from 350 Vermont, Governor Peter Shumlin has written a letter opposing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Here’s an excerpt from the letter:

I oppose the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil

Announcing an upcoming solidarity rally in support of Vermont next Saturday September 10 in Brattleboro, two days before the Vermont Yankee trial opens at the federal courthouse there. …

WASHINGTON– The largest environmental civil disobedience in decades concluded at the White House this morning with organizers pledging to escalate a nationwide campaign to push President Obama to deny the permit for a new tar sands oil pipeline.

“Given …

By Van Jones, Lennox Yearwood and Bill Mckibben

Friday, August 26th 2011, 4:00 AM

For immediate release
Aug. 24, 2011

Nation’s Largest Environmental Organizations Stand Together To Oppose Oil Pipeline

Washington, DC — The heads of the nation’s largest environmental organizations—often at odds on the best strategy for combating climate change—released a letter today …