The idea that some trade agreement should force us to overheat the planet’s atmosphere is, quite simply, insane. But the oil industry is so used to always winning that I fear this kind of tantrum is predictable.
— 350.org’s Bill McKibben, responding to the news that oil giant TransCanada is suing the United States under NAFTA for $15 billion in damages following the rejection of its Keystone XL pipeline bid by President Barack Obama.