Billionaire U.S. activist kicks off campaign to turn Obama against Keystone

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Billionaire U.S. activist kicks off campaign to turn Obama against Keystone
Paul Koring
Washington — The Globe and Mail
Published Thursday, Jun. 20 2013, 1:25 PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Jun. 20 2013, 10:42 PM EDT

Billionaire anti-Keystone XL activist Tom Steyer wants to rally legions of digital-savvy Obama supporters to persuade the President that Canadian oil sands crude poses a threat to the United States.

The wealthy Californian upped the ante Thursday in the high-stakes political showdown over Keystone XL by launching a social media campaign aimed at re-awakening the fervent hordes of mostly, young Obama supporters.

The long-delayed $5.3-billion Keystone project would deliver Alberta’s vast oil sands bitumen to world markets through an 830,000-barrel-a-day pipeline snaking across the American heartland to Gulf Coast refineries.

“We're going to call this campaign 'We love our land' and it's going to take from today through Labour Day and hopefully it will mobilize supporters who want to help the President fight for forward-looking climate policies and start that by blocking the Keystone pipeline that threatens our nation,” Mr. Steyer said at a National Press Club news conference that featured a jar of Canadian heavy crude being theatrically poured across a poster bearing the name of the project’s sponsor TransCanada Corp.

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