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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...
Why we Must Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-02-17 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: Now that we have seen what the Tar Sands in Alberta looks like, this is not about the pipeline going through our farm. This is about Alberta, about the world. This week tens of thousands of people have arrived in Washington D.C. to defend the climate and demonstrate their opposition to the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline in what has become the largest rally on climate change in U.S. history. Whats the issue? The pipeline is a 1700-mile, $7-billion project that would bring 700,000 barrels...
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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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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...
GOP Pressures Obama to Build Pipeline with New 'Keystone XL Clock'
2013-02-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans on Monday put President Obama on the "Keystone Clock." In a new messaging campaign, the committees GOP members have plastered a Keystone Clock on its website that shows 1,606 days have passed since TransCanada Corp. filed its September 2008 application for the oil sands pipeline with the State Department. Keystone XL remains an opportunity to help create a more secure energy future, but the clock on Keystone XL is still ticking as the president...
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