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Hundreds Arrested Protesting Keystone XL at The White House
2014-03-03 07:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Police arrested more than 370 young people who tied themselves to the White House fence on Sunday to protest the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. Called XL Dissent, the protest was organized by college and university students to urge President Barack Obama to reject the northern leg of TransCanada`s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which needs presidential approval because it would cross an international border on its way from the Alberta tar sands to refineries in Texas. Organizers...
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Keystone XL protesters arrested after strapping selves to White House fence
2014-03-02 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Police on Sunday arrested around 200 people who strapped themselves to the White House fence to protest the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. The protesters were mostly college students who participated in a peaceful march that began at Georgetown University and ended outside the White House. The marchers chanted climate justice now and carried signs such as dont tarnish the Earth in their efforts to convince President Barack Obama to reject the pipeline. They say it will contribute to global...
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Hundreds of Keystone protesters arrested at White House
2014-03-02 18:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Police arrested hundreds of young people protesting the Keystone XL project on Sunday, as demonstrators fastened themselves with plastic ties to the White House fences and called for U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the controversial oil pipeline. Participants, who mostly appeared to be college-aged, held signs reading: "There is no planet B" and "Columbia says no to fossil fuels," referring to the university in New York City. Another group, several of whom were clad in white jumpsuits...
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Keystone pipeline foes create 'human oil spill' at rally; hundreds arrested
2014-03-02 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Hundreds of students and youth organizers were arrested outside the White House Sunday as they protested against the Keystone XL pipeline under review by the Obama administration. Some demonstrators zip-tied their hands to the White House fence, and others acted out a "human oil spill," lying on black tarps in front of the White House. Nearly a thousand students began their march at Georgetown University and proceeded to the outside of Secretary of State John Kerry's Washington home, where...
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Hundreds Keystone XL pipeline opponents arrested at White House
2014-03-02 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: More than 500 protesters chanting, Hey, Obama! We dont want no pipeline drama, marched to the White House Sunday, demanding that President Obama stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline extension that would daily carry 830,000 barrels of crude oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast. About 200 protesters, who marched from Georgetown University, through the streets of D.C., stopping in front of the house of Secretary of State John Kerry to drop "a fake oil spill," were arrested after they used...
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