#Obama gives shout out to Frostpaw the Polar Bear! RT @CivilBeat: Obama to Polar Bear in Hawaii: "Hey Polar Bear!" http://t.co/eh8vtbdEDL
— Molly Solomon (@solomonout) December 24, 2013
President Obama took time out from his vacation golf game to send a shout-out to a protester posing as “Frostpaw,” the climate change mascot of environmentalist groups opposed to construction of the Keystone pipeline. The polar bear also showed up at the basketball game Obama attended last night.
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Demonstrating against proposed Keystone oil project, directly across from @barackobama @StarAdvertiser pic.twitter.com/IiHdGEEjFW
— Marcel Honore (@marcelhonore) December 23, 2013
I see Frostpaw made it to the game RT @marcelhonore: Demonstrating against Keystone directly across from @barackobama pic.twitter.com/tPEON52OYw
— Molly Solomon (@solomonout) December 23, 2013
The polar bears have been trailing Obama for a while now. We’re sure they didn’t mind a little tropical warmth for the holidays.
Frostpaw The Polar Bear Will Follow Obama Around Hawaii To Fight Keystone Pipeline #Green #HuffingtonPost #Change… pic.twitter.com/KQx4tl9i3v
— Verego (@Verego) December 20, 2013
According to pool, while at golf course, Obama said "Hey Polar Bear" to a man dressed in a polar bear suit. #breakingnews
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) December 24, 2013
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Frostpaw the Polar Bear, commissioned by the Center for Biological Diversity, had a brief run-in with President Obama this afternoon after golf.
Obama was golfing at Mid-Pacific Country Club in Lanikai until shortly before 2:30 p.m. today. He had missed a shot (his golf game is notoriously mediocre), gave a “half man-hug” to one of the other players and said hello to a crowd of onlookers at the course, according to the White House press pool report.
That’s when the president said, “Hey polar bear!” with a laugh as he passed by. The bear was sent by the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity to send a message to the president to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline project.
Obama to #PolarBear in Hawaii: ‘Hey Polar Bear!’ – Honolulu Civil Beat http://t.co/FYVTWiWQTm via @civilbeat #IstandwithFrostpaw
— Center for Bio Div (@CenterForBioDiv) December 24, 2013
These job-destroying enviros may “stand with Frostpaw,” but studies don’t back them up. Earlier this summer, independent research echoed government reports that the Keystone project would not add to greenhouse gas emissions.
The study found that the addition of the new pipeline connecting Canadian oil sands fields with the U.S. Gulf Coast wouldn’t make a substantial difference in emissions because U.S. refineries would get similar crude from Venezuela or elsewhere.
Production, processing and transportation of Venezuelan heavy crude results in about the same greenhouse gas emissions as oil sands crude, according to the study from energy-focused information and research firm IHS CERA.
A prior report from IHS CERA said that Keystone XL would offer an alternative to Venezuelan and Mexican crudes.
Protests have increased as Obama nears a decision on the project expected in the next few weeks.
So far no presidential selfies with polar bears.
Yet.
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