{"id":40393,"date":"2014-02-03T08:47:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T13:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=40393"},"modified":"2014-02-03T09:11:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T14:11:35","slug":"hedge-fund-manager-funds-anti-keystone-xl-advertising-sucker-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/02\/2014\/hedge-fund-manager-funds-anti-keystone-xl-advertising-sucker-punch.html","title":{"rendered":"Hedge Fund Manager Funds Anti-Keystone XL Advertising “Sucker Punch”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pol_steyer18__01__630x420<\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The hedge fund manager that\u00a0signed\u00a0the Giving Pledge\u00a0with\u00a0Warren Buffett\u00a0and\u00a0Bill Gates is\u00a0attacking the Keystone XL oil pipeline plans.\u00a0The State Department \u201creported no major environmental objections\u201d\u00a0to the proposed $7 billion pipeline on Friday, the AP reports.<\/p>\n

“Our efforts to defeat the Keystone XL pipeline will continue.” Tom Steyer, billionaire philanthropist and hedge fund founder, said, “I hope President Obama will take a hard look at the facts before he makes a decision on this enormously risky project. In his State of the Union address this week, the President pledged to \u201cact with more urgency\u201d to combat the threat of climate change. His first step should be to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.”<\/p>\n

“The pipeline also poses enormous economic and environmental risks to America\u2019s heartland, threatening our farms, towns and drinking water.” Steyer said in the statement. “And what do the American people get in return? Higher gas prices in the Midwest, only 35 permanent jobs, and none of the profits. If Keystone XL is approved, the real winners will be the oil industry and foreign investors like China who stand to profit from more production of this dirty oil.”<\/p>\n

Steyer and his NextGen Climate Action Super-PAC also put out a one minute ad, “Sucker Punch” Just say No to Keystone:
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