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Douglas A. Grandt510-432-1452

  February 6, 2014

Bureau of Energy Resources, Room 4843 Attn: Keystone XL Public CommentsU.S. Department of State2201 C Street NWWashington, DC 20520

Re: TransCanada permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline

Dear John Kerry and Barack Obama:

Stop Keystone XL.

Start to Retire Refineries.Continue to Replace Refineries with Renewables

Beginning these actions right away and proceeding as quickly as possible is in our NationalInterest.

The State Department (DOS) will soon make a National Interest Determination whether or notto approve the TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline application. The DOS’s FSEIS claims therate of extraction of the Alberta tarsands will be “insignificantly” affected by the Keystone XL’sconstruction, or lack thereof.

One thing is for sure: If built, the pipeline can only facilitate tarsands excavation; itspresence could in no way inhibit the expansion of tarsands excavation.

You Mr. President and John Kerry -- indeed, even ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson -- havestated that CO2’s impact on climate is a serious concern. Mr. Tillerson has actually stated thatExxonMobil has been working closely with MIT and cannot find any feasible emissionreduction strategy to reduce the atmospheric concentration of CO2 to 350ppm. Theimplication is that ExxonMobil’s Board of Directors recognizes and understands the desire toreduce CO2 in order to mitigate the extent of climate changes.

If you -- indeed every all of us Americans -- are at all serious about acting in truly effectiveways to avert climate catastrophe, you (all of US) must do everything to inhibit increases inthe amount of coal, oil and gas that are extracted (effecting net reductions in extraction) inorder to bring about reductions in CO2 emissions. Reducing the production and combustion

of carbon fuels requires us to stop expanding the fossil fuel infrastructure.

The Keystone XL pipeline does nothing to inhibit the excavation of tarsands, whichmust be left in the ground if we are to achieve our goals.

Exacerbating a climate catastrophe is not in the National Interest; neither is facilitating gettingmore fossil fuels to market. Keystone XL is contraindicated.

Sincerely yours,

Doug Grandt