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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/obama-should-let-fossil-fuels-lie | Obama Should Let Fossil Fuels Lie | 2015-11-13 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | Obama Should Let Fossil Fuels Lie By: By Lydia Millet Friday, November 13, 2015 PRESIDENT OBAMAS rejection of the proposedKeystone XLpipeline last week had the ring of a great victory for the environment. But even as he declared the United States a global leader in the transition to cleaner energy, he revealed a challenge that neither he nor his administration has confronted: If were going to prevent large parts of this earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, the president said, were going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground, rather than burn them and release more dangerous pollution into the sky. The logic is clear. If we dont extract them, we cant burn them. Even better, this is a change the president can actually make, without the approval of Congress. With the climate summit meeting in Paris near, and the Keystone decision fresh, the United States can truly take the lead on these fuels by stemming their production, not just their consumption. Most climate debates have focused on cutting theuseof fossil fuels. But besides a few high-profile scuffles over fuel extraction in vulnerable wild places like the offshore Arctic, political leaders have ignored fossil fuel production as a necessary piece of climate strategy. In fact, under President Obama,oiland gas production in the United States has increased substantially. And that increase has been a major bragging point for the administration. America is No. 1 in oil and gas, the president boasted in his 2015State of the Union address. Continue reading here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |