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Obama's Keystone Regrets

Obama's Keystone Regrets
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Sixty Activists Risk Arrest at State Department in Protest of the Keystone XL Pipeline

Release Date: 
Monday, August 12, 2013

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Molly Haigh, Fitzgibbon Media, 907-750-1999
Sarah Lane, CREDO, 415-369-2104

Activists Arrested in Chicago Urging President Obama to Reject Keystone XL

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Monday, June 17, 2013

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CREDO, RAN & Other 98% Announce First Planned Act of Civil Disobedience to Stop Keystone XL

Release Date: 
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

San Francisco, CA – CREDO, Rainforest Action Network and the Other 98% announced today their first planned act of civil disobedience as part of the Pledge of Resistance to the Keystone XL pipeline. The organizations have begun recruiting activists to participate in a sit in and risk arrest on Monday, June 17th at the State Department office in Downtown Chicago, IL.

Rainforest Action Network Statement in Response to President's Keystone XL Delay

Release Date: 
Thursday, November 10, 2011

WASHINGTON—Today, the Obama Administration requested a 12-18 month review for the Keystone XL pipeline, dealing the project a critical, and potentially fatal, blow. The controversial project has seen rising opposition from landowners and environmentalists including a 12,000-person protest at the White House just last Sunday.

Rainforest Action Network Executive Director, Rebecca Tarbotton, issued the following response:

Yes we can—stop the Keystone XL pipeline

One day in early September, some dozen Democratic activists showed up at the Washington state headquarters of Obama for America, the President’s re-election campaign organization in Seattle. They cornered the state director, Dustin Lambro, and called on the President to block TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring crude oil from the Alberta oil sands through the U.S. Midwest to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas, potentially doubling exports of oil sands crude to the U.S. “It’s not an issue I know much about,” Lambro said. So the activists gave him an earful.

Yes we can—stop the Keystone XL pipeline
Macleans
Monday, October 3, 2011

Canadian actresses arrested as pipeline protests continue in D.C.

Canadian actresses Margot Kidder and Tantoo Cardinal were among dozens of environmental activists arrested Tuesday during a sit-in at the White House to protest plans for the 2,700-kilometre Keystone XL pipeline.

Kidder and Cardinal joined about 60 people who were detained after violating a protest permit by stopping and sitting on the sidewalk in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, then ignoring police orders to leave.

Canadian actresses arrested as pipeline protests continue in D.C.
Montreal Gazette
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

President Obama’s smog policy gamble holds uncertain political payoff

The surprise White House decision Friday to shelve tougher smog regulations may not allow President Obama to breathe easier politically.

President Obama’s smog policy gamble holds uncertain political payoff
The Hill
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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