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Friend-- This week, people across the world will honor the environment and celebrate Earth Day. The League of Women Voters has long fought battles to protect clean air and water, prevent harmful pollutants that contribute to climate change, and inform the public of what they can do to get involved in the ongoing battle to protect public health and the environment. The proposed pipeline will threaten the safety of drinking water, promote bad energy policy and increase the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. The Keystone XL Pipeline will stretch 1,700 miles across America to carry the dirtiest oil on the planet to be refined and then shipped overseas. A spill or major leak could devastate the aquifer that provides drinking and irrigation water to millions. If approved, the oil from the pipeline would generate three times more global warming pollution than conventional oil.
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