A Video report by Michael Nigro (https://twitter.com/Nigrotime |http://web.stagram.com/n/nigrotime )

Last week, the State Department has released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed northern leg of the controversial and long-embattled TransCanada Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

As Steve Horn, of DeSmog Blog notes:

“In a familiar “Friday trash dump” — a move many expected the Obama administration to shun — John Kerry’s State Department chose to “carefully stage-manage the report’s release” on Super Bowl Friday when most Americans are switching focus to football instead of political scandals.”

Even with the Super Bowl weekend serving as a distraction, over 200 events took place from coast to coast the day after the Super Bowl aimed at sending a message to President Obama, that — according to 350.org: “it’s time for President Obama to be a climate champion, not the pipeline president, and reject Keystone XL. Standing together, we can be heard.”

Michael Nigro was in New York and produced exclusive video report for Acronym TV.

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Climate change, climate crisis, Bill Mckibben, 350.org, Keystone XL, Stop KXL, Tar Sands, Acronym TV, Resistance Report, Popular Resistance, Michael Nigro

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