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Obama may have just recently proposed new emissions standards regulating carbon dioxide released by new power plants, but he's also just promised to increase domestic oil drilling, expressing his support for advancing the potentially detrimental Oklahoma oil pipeline, on his energy tour last week. So where exactly does Obama stand? On the one hand, the new emissions standards would limit the CO2 emissions of all new  power plants, yet he also wants to speed up construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. While speaking on an oil field in New Mexico on March 21, Obama acknowledged recent research findings concluding that increased domestic oil drilling has not lead to lower gas prices.   "A recent independent analysis showed that over the last 36 years, there has been no connection between the amount of oil that we drill in this country and the price of gasoline," Obama said. "There's no connection." ( USA Today )   Keystone XL oil pipeline to run from ...

Dearest readers, As the NRDC has so generously provided us with this letter template , please feel free to personally thank Obama for rejecting the permit for the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline project. This project would've endangered much of the U.S. as well as Canada's natural environment and regional species. The pipeline would've transfered crude oil from Alberta's Boreal Forest through Montana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma to refineries in Illinois among other U.S. states. Additionally, the pipeline would've run on top of a large aquifer in Nebraska, risking contamination on the aquifer and the surrounding groundwater. The project poses lots of risks and definite pollution. Read more about it on this NRDC Blog . Tuning out, M