Huffington Magazine Issue 68 | Page 30

HUFFINGTON 09.29.13 DANIEL ACKER/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES Voices ROBERT REDFORD President Obama, Reject Keystone XL THE KEYSTONE XL and tar sands expansion have no place in a clean energy future I can understand why oil companies love tar sands. There is a lot of money to be made by strip mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet. The oil industry is lobbying hard for President Obama’s approval to let the Keystone XL pipeline cross our border and move a river of tar sands to the Gulf Coast, where much of it will be shipped overseas. But why Construction of the Gulf Coast Project. Part of Keystone XL, the 485mile crude oil pipeline will run from Cushing, Okla., to Nederland, Tx.