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<div><br></div><div>Please send a letter if you haven't already, and get your friends and families to do the same, here are the model letters and background info on KXL if needed:</div><div><ul><li>Model letters: http://www.350siliconvalley.org/keystone_xl_comment_drive_march_2014<br>
</li><li>Background info on KXL: http://www.350siliconvalley.org/no_tar_sands_newsletter_2014_02_17<br></li></ul></div><div>As a 350SV team, we've already generated 242 letters! Fantastic job everyone! <b>Can we get to 300 or more by Friday?</b><br>
</div><div> </div><div>Thank you everyone for supporting this effort, we're likely in the home stretch on KXL and every letter counts!</div><div><br></div><div>Pierre</div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium; border-collapse: separate;"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dear Friend,<br>
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The clock is ticking, and the Keystone XL comment period deadline is fast approaching! <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We only have 7 days left to tell Secretary Kerry and the Administration that the Keystone XL pipeline is vital to the national interest and your voice can make the difference.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(4, 51, 255); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a title="Seven Days Left To Tell Secretary Kerry We Need Keystone XL" href="http://click.uschamber.com/?qs=c70112e318ce12c92a46a2c82d14b32a621d18d50373d51047e6fffc698c3a63b72cbc6a468380a7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><img width="400" height="120" alt="Seven Days Left To Tell Secretary Kerry We Need Keystone XL" src="http://image.uschamber.com/lib/fee813797d630c/m/1/button2.png" border="0"></span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a title="Take 60 seconds to email Secretary Kerry and share these key numbers with him:" href="http://click.uschamber.com/?qs=c70112e318ce12c90f499207e4b24a2a18bd2228abef2174945c080de0f649a2c4edef1a52c8fc09" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Take
60 seconds to email Secretary Kerry and share these key numbers with him:</a></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: rgb(255, 38, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">42,100:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The number of direct, indirect, and induced
<b><span style="color: rgb(220, 32, 30);">jobs </span></b>during construction if Keystone XL is approved.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 38, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">65%:</span></b><span style="color: rgb(255, 38, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Percentage of Americans favor building the Keystone XL pipeline (Pew Research Center, Sept. 2013).<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 38, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">$3.4B:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> How much the Keystone XL pipeline on its own will
<b><span style="color: rgb(255, 38, 0);">contribute to U.S. GDP.</span><span style="color: rgb(220, 32, 30);"> </span></b><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 38, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">$1.6B:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The amount of employee earnings from construction
that will occur in non-Keystone states. Because goods and services supporting the Keystone XL project will come from around the country,
<b><span style="color: rgb(255, 38, 0);">80% of employee earnings will occur in other states,</span></b><span style="color: rgb(220, 32, 30);">
</span>making the positive impact on our economy truly national.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After more than five years of study, enough is enough. The benefits of building the Keystone XL pipeline are clear. We can't let the Administration delay
this project any longer.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It is time to approve the Keystone XL pipeline and put American jobs and energy security as the #1 priority. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Next Friday March 7<sup>th</sup> is the last day to send comments to Secretary Kerry.
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