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Daryl Hannah leads celebrity Keystone XL protest at White House gates
2013-02-13 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A celebrity roster of protesters, including climate scientist James Hansen, actor Daryl Hannah, civil rights leader Julian Bond and environmental advocate Robert Kennedy Jr, were arrested on Wednesday after handcuffing themselves to the gates of the White House to demand that Barack Obama shut down the Keystone XL pipeline project. In all, about 50 people were detained. The protests, while entirely orderly and co-ordinated in advance with local police, delivered a sharp reminder to Obama the morning...
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Green groups to risk arrest in White House protest against Keystone XL
2013-02-13 16:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Green activists are planning to engage in civil disobedience Wednesday at the White House in hopes of pressuring President Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. Fifty people will risk arrest near the East Gate of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. Among those involved are climate activist and 350.org founder Bill McKibben, actress Daryl Hannah, civil-rights leader Julian Bond and Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune. The president cant work miracles by himself....
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Obama speech provides no clues on Keystone pipeline
2013-02-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass sweeping "market-based" climate legislation - code for a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax - and threatened to regulate aggressively if it did not. In his annual State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Mr. Obama said the United States must step up its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that he blamed for extreme weather that plagued the country last year. "For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate...
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Sierra Club leader to risk arrest in protest against Keystone XL oil pipeline
2013-02-13 04:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Prominent environmental leaders, including the head of the Sierra Club and the organizer of a public campaign to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, are planning to risk arrest Wednesday at a protest outside the White House. Executive director Michael Brune would be the first Sierra Club leader to be arrested in an act of civil disobedience. The club's board of directors approved civil disobedience for the first time in its 120-year history as a way to oppose the pipeline, which would carry oil derived...
Okla. sheriff arrests 8 at Keystone pipeline site
2013-02-12 11:14:17| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Eight people were arrested Monday at a construction site for the Keystone XL oil pipeline in central Oklahoma, including one man who locked himself to a crane-like piece of machinery, authorities said.
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