Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline won a small and perhaps only symbolic victory this week when TransCanada abandoned an eminent domain claim on the property of an Oklahoma family.- HuffPost Green
This David and Goliath like story teaches us that when we come together as a community and rally against companies/industries that have the potential to cause great harm to our environment and effect our quality of life, we can impact change.
Companies like TransCanada use the Great Recession as an opportunity to prey on families facing financial hardships to convince them that building a pipleline like this is actually for the public good. Then they undercompensate these families or steal the land (when they can) using eminent domain to move forward with their agenda which is supposedly for the "public good." Who decides that? Do they survey the communities and poll opinions or do they just look at their balance sheets and see a profit so decide it must be for the public good. And what happens when the pipeline bursts and causes catastrophic damages to our environment like the BP Oil spill? Is that then considered still for the "public good?"
Each of you have the power to effect change. Remember that the next time you come against an obstacle that seems to hard to battle. We put our fate in the hands of our government to handle, but please remember, you cast that vote that puts each of those officials in office and they depend on our support to keep them there.
Thank you Sue Kelso and family for fighting for having the courage to fight "Goliath" for our right to a clean environment!
