Over 700 people arrested at White House

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http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2011/08/31/red-state-rebels-idaho-residents-call-for-support-solidarity-against-tar-sands-megaloads/

Red State Rebels: Idaho Residents Call for Support & Solidarity Against Tar Sands Megaloads
Published by Sparki, August 31st, 2011 global warming 0 Comments

The fight against the tar sands is hot!

In the past week and half, over 700 people have been arrested sitting in at the White House in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline. Also today, Indigenous Canadians took action at the Canadian embassy in Washington D.C. More actions are planned everyday until Saturday and it’s beginning to spread around the world with solidarity actions in Cairo and Durban, South Africa.

And in Idaho, Wild Idaho Rising Tide has already taken multiple actions blocking the tar sands megaloads bound for Alberta.

Last week, 9 were arrested fighting the megaloads. More actions are planned. 67 more loads will be rolling and they need some help!

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Some videos in the Political Video forum:

Daryl Hannah Arrested at White House http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x613432

Bill McKibben: Why I Spent 2 Days in Jail Protesting the Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x612499

Hundreds arrested in front of the White House http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x613428


edit to add another video:

over 200 peace and enviromental activists 'educate' Obama at American Legion Convention in Mpls 8/30 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x613536

[kristopher]

1. From Al Gore: The Dirtiest Fuel on the Planet

The Dirtiest Fuel on the Planet
August 31, 2011 : 5:38 PM

The leaders of the top environmental groups in the country, the Republican Governor of Nebraska, and millions of people around the country—including hundreds of people who have bravely participated in civil disobedience at the White House—all agree on one thing: President Obama should block a planned pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico.

The tar sands are the dirtiest source of fuel on the planet. As I wrote in Our Choice two years ago, gasoline made from the tar sands gives a Toyota Prius the same impact on climate as a Hummer using gasoline made from oil. This pipeline would be an enormous mistake. The answer to our climate, energy and economic challenges does not lie in burning more dirty fossil fuels —instead, we must continue to press for much more rapid development of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies and cuts in the pollution that causes global warming.

http://blog.algore.com/