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Bill McKibben Responds to President Obama's Pledge to Veto Keystone XL Bill

350.org founder Bill McKibben issued the following statement in reaction to the news that President Obama would veto legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline:

"This is a tribute to the millions of people who have made this one of the center pieces of a fast growing climate movement. So far their desire to protect the land and climate have been a match for the fountains of dirty money that constitute the oil industry's only real argument."

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350.org founder Bill McKibben issued the following statement in reaction to the news that President Obama would veto legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline:

"This is a tribute to the millions of people who have made this one of the center pieces of a fast growing climate movement. So far their desire to protect the land and climate have been a match for the fountains of dirty money that constitute the oil industry's only real argument."

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