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People made their voices heard in the street while President dined with DCCC donors for $32,000/plate.
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1,000+ Protest pipeline at Obama San Fran fundraiser (Original Post)
limpyhobbler
Apr 2013
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Pipeline Protesters Take to the Streets Outside Obama Fundraiser in San Francisco (w/photos)
limpyhobbler
Apr 2013
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Thank you protesters!!!
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)2. Pipeline Protesters Take to the Streets Outside Obama Fundraiser in San Francisco (w/photos)
The crowds message was a unified opposition to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline currently under review by the Obama administration
More than 1,000 people took to the streets on an cold and foggy evening in San Franciscos glitzy Pacific Heights neighborhood. Protesters carrying signs and chanting awaited the arrival of Obamas motorcade, expected at a nearby fundraising event. The crowds message was a unified opposition to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline currently under review by the Obama administration.
"The American people want President Obama to stand on the right side of history and take the real action he promised on climate change by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline," said Becky Bond, Political Director of CREDO, one of the groups that helped to organize the event. "The only oil Americans will ever see from the pipeline that benefits foreign oil companies is the dirty tar sands crude that spills from it. Over 1,000 Obama volunteers, voters and donors turned out in San Francisco to remind our president that his legacy will be judged harshly if he approves Keystone XL. And we have over 50,000 more Americans from every state of the union willing to risk arrest in peaceful civil disobedience to stop him making the most catastrophic decision of his presidency."
CREDO was joined in organizing the event along with Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and other groups. More than 53,000 people have recently signed a CREDO pledge to risk arrest in acts of civil disobedience if the Obama administration does approve the pipeline. The Sierra Club is also currently organizing c ommunity town hall meetings across the country to urge to president to take decisive action on climate change.
American families cant wait any longer for real solutions to the climate crisis," said Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director. "Thousands of Sierra Club supporters, as well as millions of Americans nationwide, are looking for bold moves from the President to establish his legacy by reigning in the carbon pollution of dirty fossil fuels and moving our country to clean energy."
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http://www.alternet.org/environment/keystone-xl-pipeline-protesters-take-streets-outside-obama-fundraiser-san-francisco"The American people want President Obama to stand on the right side of history and take the real action he promised on climate change by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline," said Becky Bond, Political Director of CREDO, one of the groups that helped to organize the event. "The only oil Americans will ever see from the pipeline that benefits foreign oil companies is the dirty tar sands crude that spills from it. Over 1,000 Obama volunteers, voters and donors turned out in San Francisco to remind our president that his legacy will be judged harshly if he approves Keystone XL. And we have over 50,000 more Americans from every state of the union willing to risk arrest in peaceful civil disobedience to stop him making the most catastrophic decision of his presidency."
CREDO was joined in organizing the event along with Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and other groups. More than 53,000 people have recently signed a CREDO pledge to risk arrest in acts of civil disobedience if the Obama administration does approve the pipeline. The Sierra Club is also currently organizing c ommunity town hall meetings across the country to urge to president to take decisive action on climate change.
American families cant wait any longer for real solutions to the climate crisis," said Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director. "Thousands of Sierra Club supporters, as well as millions of Americans nationwide, are looking for bold moves from the President to establish his legacy by reigning in the carbon pollution of dirty fossil fuels and moving our country to clean energy."
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L0oniX
(31,493 posts)3. +1000 ...added to the DHS list. n/t
They_Live
(3,224 posts)4. K&R