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The Largest Carbon Bomb on the Planet

Tuesday, 29 January 2013 16:37 By Candice Bernd, Truthout | Message

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An activist sits in a tree as part of the Tar Sands Blockade, November 19, 2012. (Photo: Elizabeth Brossa)Despite President Obama's recent remarks on climate change during his inaugural address, the "fuse to the largest carbon bomb" on the planet - the Keystone XL pipeline - continues to move forward.

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Candice Bernd

Candice Bernd is Truthout's social media fellow. She's also an assistant editor and environmental reporter at Campus Progress, and has been active in the Tar Sands Blockade effort. Before that, she reported for her school's student-run daily newspaper, co-hosted a Dallas-based progressive talk radio program, and spent the summer of 2011 in Chicago working as an intern for In These Times Magazine. She is a recent graduate with a B.A. in Journalism and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Texas. Follow her on Twitter @CandiceBernd.