This week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will vote on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.To get a true sense of what this debate is really about, we traveled to Alberta, Canada. Here at the pipeline’s source, the tar sands reserves span an area the size of Florida.
Exploitation of this massive dirty energy stockpile threatens not only the climate, but an entire people’s way of life. Chief Adam and members of the Athabasca Chipewayan know that the integrity of the land, and the communities that call it home, mean a lot more than Big Oil’s profits.
When the Senate Energy Committee votes, will they heed the voices of the communities in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline? Or will the fossil fuel industry drown out the concerns of these caretakers and warriors with false promises of inflated jobs and fictional energy independence?
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