48 Arrested at Keystone Pipeline Protest as Sierra Club Lifts 120-Year Ban On Civil Disobedience

DemocracyNow.org - Forty-eight people, including civil rights leader Julian Bond and NASA climate scientist James Hansen, were arrested Wednesday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing protest calling on the Obama administration to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The action came before a rally planned for Sunday on Washington's National Mall, which organizers have dubbed "the largest climate rally in history." We speak to Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, who was arrested in the first act of civil disobedience in the organization's 120-year history.

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[ufo5147]

"I think [Obama] has a strong moral core" poor deluded man

[MrJaccTrippa]

i hope they explain that Texas already has plenty of oil. this is just for the Koch brothers to save 2 billion in taxes so they dont have to buy from Chavez. Greg Palast broke it down on The Real News.

[Sir Dax Michaels]

I swear, when will people wake up

[46vblondie]

I just donated $50 to the Sierra Club. The deforestation combined with the dirty fuel would be a terrible thing for the US to promote. Let's spend our money on renewables. Every home and car in Florida could be net zero with PV (solar) on every rooftop.

[David Eggers]

Every month, America imports $140 per Citizen more than it exports. That oil from Chavez, we're paying for it on a credit card. Eventually, possibly very soon, we're going to get cut off. When that happens, we'll only be able to import things if we export something of equal value. Like refined oil.

[MenAreG00D]

Hahaha.,,

"I think he (Obama) has a strong Moral Core"...

Hahahaha... You all have been lied to!

Shame on you that you still believe in these lies.

justiceguy-dot-org

[MEdiaJezUS]

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ KLIK HEAR and SING along on HOT anthem for climate change–with each VID we CONSUME & LTTRng we post ITS GTTNG WRMR EV'RY DAY.

[biggerturtle]

Fuck the lazy ignorant poor

[biggerturtle]

You mean climate scam. Junk science dreamed up by idiots like you to create a reason for their pathetic being

Too bad your mother didn't have an abortion

Then the world would have been a little cleaner

[biggerturtle]

GREED IS GOOD KILL THE EARTH HAHAHA