good news today from the Obama administration Rolling Stone reports
Jeff Goodell
writing their that in fact he might block
the northern part of the Keystone pipeline no
here's Goodell explaining although no final decision has been made
to high-level source in the Obama administration told me recently that the
president has all but decided to deny the permit for the pipeline
now I normally be very skeptical about something like this
but number one why bother leaving it to reporter for you that's not the
direction you're going
unless you wanna trick people again well actually now that I said
big-name there is a midterm election coming up you want the base to be
excited you tell them yes we're gonna do
when a block east on afterwards mmm we so that's a possibility but let's not
put on arsenic had too much here cuz is good evidence
that he actually is gonna go in this direction and Obama insider told Rolling
Stone
the present is really serious about his legacy on Climate Change
he can have that and approve Keystone only question now is the time you there
now spent
so that seems to be a very good indication that he will not approve
Keystone pipeline now
when you see the word like to see that's when you know they're serious
this president Obama has really care about you he's a politician
knees politician extraordinaire and all politicians
the nineteen Ninette other concerns about are about themselves
so he had promised four main thing see I getting out of Iraq which he had
actually ironically trying desperately not to do
for some time you get the units that it supports agreement where we say another
ten years
but Iraqis take this out so he has to check that off his list
even though he tried hard not to do it anyway so he had that he had health care
obviously we have the Affordable Care Act so given credit for
I'll you know where he deserves it and two
build economy back up now the median income has dropped under Obama so you
can really build a backup be built the stock market back up
that's gone up nearly a hundred percent so the rich are very happy with Obama
man
isola poor thing was climate change so it's important for his legacy for how
third great leader is seen that he do
something on climate change now look and to be fair he has done some things
there is also been frustration but especially what he's doing in regard to
are Co pollution our is very important and
regulating the coal power plants that that's not set in stone either yet now
but the EPA
appears to be heading in that direction which we'll find out about more in June
but their legacy talk is good in this case because if he thinks it's important
for his legacy to go
in a progressive direction then he's a thousand times more likely to go in that
direction
to that point he brought on recently John protest that we use a run
Center for American Progress rhyme sold now say
he was also initial adviser to Obama during the transition but then Obama
packed his
administration with the most conservative Democrats and sometimes
nine democrats that he could find
now protest the coming back into the administration a given that he's
actually a fairly solid progressive especially our climate change is good
news in fact he says
taking action on climate is all the most important goals in the president's
second term
he feels a profound an urgent obligation to get as much done as he can before he
leaves office
now again somebody being on the record on this is important
is not likely to go on the record if it turns out the president's gonna go on
opposite direction
and he even said something much stronger here's what he said
if we don't take serious action on climate now we may not have
any history to look back on anyway okay so that's
great now look before we celebrate too much now we have to understand that
prison Obama did not stop the oil drilling in arctic he is not cut the
subsidies for big oil and coal
I that distort the energy market although to be fair to him he did try
right and by the way to be further pair too long because it is a real mix record
on
about on this issue Energy and Climate Change um
if he takes the action on coal any subsidies on oil pipeline
there is some chance that we would be on track to cut US carbon pollution by 17
percent by 2020 which is what we promise in the Copenhagen climate talks
okay less basically you're good news now
why have we not done this before now its
a democratic president the democrats are now want to
you know block this they want to make sure that we stop climate change
well as a little thing called money so for example
those good ol explains in Rolling Stone coke related groups like Americans for
Prosperity America's Future Fund
an American Energy Alliance headed by former Koch Industries lobbyist Tom pile
spend some 400 million dollars
to influence the 2012 election
so 61 the Koch brothers care so much especially if they're all those ads
against
Obamacare but they're not in the health care industry well
while the guys that runs one other group explain a very recently we share this on
the program with you a couple weeks ago
and said that was a prelude to the fight on
Energy and Climate Change because they want to show the government never works
under any circumstance so that when the government says hey let's regulate
energy industry
that's when the Koch brothers wanna scream you see a day school Obamacare
you can't trust the government
don't let them regulated energy under any circumstance
now we find out why they are particularly interested in the Keystone
pipeline
Koch Industries is indeed one of the largest
landowners in northern Alberta holding leases to more than a million
acres in the tar sands region and they stand a property hugely
if the pipeline is approved
honestly I did not know that until today so
just when you thought the Koch brothers you know
couldn't go any lower and had you know their tentacles in every single thing it
turns out
the the car Keystone oil pipeline of course is built to bring though
oil from the tar sands down to the US and out of the US
and bring all over the world it's not pretty US energy independence that all
the pipeline
exons all the way back out through texas goes other countries
that loaded on ships obviously and sent elsewhere
so it turns out they're gonna make a killing
if Keystone oil pipeline is approved
gee I wonder why they were interested in now sister in energy business
are in Kansas their home state recently tried to PM
bill on renewable energy but in reality
that bill clearly help the sick as a brought more jobs abroad
more revenue and even republicans were in favor of it
so in fact even failed to kill the bill wow is an amazing for
8 and here's what a Republican repair
Russell Jennings a representative in Kansas at this is nothing
more than folks who want to exercise political power
as a republican in kansas talking about the Koch brothers
saying not interested in libertarian are conservative ideology
their exercising political power or
for their own financial benefit
so Sheldon Whitehouse now comes into play he's democratic
senator from my Rhode Island and he explains what happened to his republican
colleagues for a while they're actually selling
somewhat reasonable on Climate Change I know it's been a while so do you think
really yes but I remember those statements were some other republicans
were saying well obviously it's real and we should do something about it
well senator Whitehouse explains the use me a whole range republicans who are
willing to talk frankly about renewable energy and climate change
but that changes citizens united in 2010
in other words after the supreme court said unlimited money goes to independent
expenditures
do the four hundred million dollars the Koch brothers wanna be doing after
Citizens United
their problems are alike we're not going to talk about this anymore
we are hundreds of millions of dollars in political booty waiting for us
no no we're not having real debates about ideology anymore
bought and paid for Center White House has one last thing he said
I've had republicans who come up to me and say you think your problems with the
Koch brothers
you don't know what problems are is that interesting
the Koch brothers actually pose a bigger problems to republicans because they go
to republicans and they'll say will primary the living hell outta you
and we'll pretend it's for conservative reasons
to get somebody more right-wing no it's a get someone
who'll be in our back pocket and approved things that is going to give us
billions of dollars
an extra profits and if you're not in our back pocket we will destroy you
and he's a threat against republicans even more than the use it against
democrats
that is why that threat has succeeded in buying almost the entire Republican
Party
now why in the world with all this power the Koch brothers have a four hundred
million dollars et cetera
are we winning in this contest well part of it is honestly the legendary work
that people oppose the Keystone pipeline did
you know and I have to confess that I was skeptical about it
Bill McKibben and the others the protesters they were out there 24/7
and I got great media attention to and they embarrass the white house
into delaying the decisions until the tide swung in our favor
so all the credit over but why now
why all the sudden though white house goes from
leaning you know actually it appeared 50-50 but its
it from the tea leaves I thought they were leaning in favor
outdoing the pipeline now the pure to be leaning against doing the pipeline
me one last quote from a rolling stone article in the 2014 election
it doesn't hurt that billionaire Tom Stier
has pledged that his political action committee NextGen Climate Action
will spend $100 million dollars
targeting climate deniers and Keystone
supporters amazing what a little money does
all the Sun we got a hundred million dollars on our side
they're just like wat what you sayin is also an unruly Anderson what the
protesters were say
very very interested was a hundred million dollars again
now that is not the only factor but if you think that wasn't a factor
in swing the tide should are paying attention in american politics