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What the Keystone Pipeline Protest Looks Like in Texas
2013-02-18 20:48:52| Grocery - Topix.net
In the Lone Star state, opponents of the project are chaining themselves to machinery, filing lawsuits, and gathering en masse outside the Whole Foods flagship store.
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Direct Action Under Way Protesting Fracking Pipeline
2013-02-18 15:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Early this morning, two local youth engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience by locking themselves to the entrance gate of the Delaware State Forest in eastern Pennsylvania which is being used for access by pipeline workers to clearcut trees for the construction of the Northeast Upgrade Project of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline. Allison Petryk, of Vernon, NJ, and Alex Lotorto, of Milford, PA, have locked themselves to the entrance gate of the Delaware State Forest in eastern Pennsylvania which is...
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Protestors crank up calls for Obama to block tar sands pipeline
2013-02-18 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: An estimated 35,000 protestors descended on Washington yesterday to call on President Obama to block the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline once and for all. The "Forward on Climate" event was hailed as the largest climate change protest in US history by organisers and will further crank up pressure on Obama ahead of the crucial decision later this year on whether the pipeline can proceed. The protest, which was backed by a host of green NGOs, including the 350.org campaign, the Sierra...
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Climate rally: How a pipeline became Public Enemy No. 1
2013-02-18 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Tens of thousands of protesters marched on Washington Sunday, in what organizers say was the largest climate rally in US history. They had varying agendas but unified on one point: Blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. When you are in a hole, stop digging, Bill McKibben, cofounder of the environmentalist group 350.org,, told the crowd gathered on the National Mall. Above all, stop the Keystone [XL] pipeline. The president can do that with a single stroke of a pen, and it would...
Protesters Call On Obama To Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-02-18 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Tens of thousands of protesters turned out on the National Mall Sunday to encourage President Obama to make good on his commitment to act on climate change. In his Inaugural address from outside the U.S. Capitol, the president said: "We will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations." Just a few weeks later, next to the Washington Monument, Paul Birkeland was one of a couple dozen people holding a long white tube above...
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