‘…And then, literally as the papal plane landed, Hillary Clinton completed her long-running metamorphosis on the Keystone pipeline. Before the pipeline review even began, many long years ago, she said she was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153inclined to approve\u00e2\u20ac\u009d this fuse to one of the planet\u2019s biggest carbon bombs. But as KXL turned into the defining environmental fight of the decade, she went mum. And now, faced with the clear understanding that climate will be a defining issue in next year\u2019s election, she came out in firm opposition to the plan.’<\/p>\n

via With Clinton and the Pope on board, the climate movement has wind in its sails | Bill McKibben | Comment is free | The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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