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Former Obama Staffer Leads White House Protests Against Pipeline

2013-04-24 06:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yahoo: Environmental activists are turning up the heat on President Obama as he faces what could be the trickiest decision of his second term: whether or not to approve the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which could reach his desk this summer. The project, which would transport oil from the tar sands of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, promises jobs and energy. But critics say it will ravage the environment and send oil overseas. We put him in the White House because we thought he was...

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Activists plan massive protests against Keystone

2013-04-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Fuel Fix: Environmentalists opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline are pledging to turn up the heat on President Barack Obama by risking arrest through acts of civil disobedience at fundraisers, political meetings and federal agency offices. The planned protests go beyond activists chaining themselves to construction equipment in the pipeline`s path and are designed to build political pressure as Obama nears a final decision on the project. They also illustrate the political challenge facing Obama, who...

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Worldwide protests to stop Amazon gas project expansion

2013-04-19 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Survival International: Survival International supporters will protest outside Peruvian embassies and consulates around the world on April 23rd to call for an end to the deadly expansion of the Camisea gas project in Peru`s Amazon rainforest, which puts the lives of uncontacted Indians at risk. Protesters will carry placards and gas masks symbolizing the lethal effects of the Camisea project on uncontacted tribes in the area, and will hand a petition to Peruvian embassies and consulates in London, San Francisco, Berlin,...

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Keystone XL opponents brace for protests in Neb

2013-04-18 13:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Opponents of a massive Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline converged on a snowy Nebraska town Thursday for a critical hearing on the project, but they already were preparing for acts of civil disobedience should President Barack Obama approve it. Despite a spring storm that brought sleet and snow to Nebraska, the U.S. State Department hearing in Grand Island drew more than 1,000 supporters and opponents from around the state, as well as activists from outside the region who consider Nebraska a key battleground...

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