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Nobel Laureates’ Open Letter on Keystone XL in Washington Post
A full-page ad of the Nobel Peace Laureates’ September 7 open letter to President Obama opposing the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline appears in today’s Washington Post. The open letter will also run as an ad later this week in the New York Times. It is signed by nine Laureates including: Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Jody Williams, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.In the letter the nine laureates urge President Obama to reject the proposed Keystone pipeline, saying his decision offers a “critical moment” to make good on his pledge to create a clean green economy.
Read the full text of the letter here.
Download a PDF of the letter here.
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