[Vision2020] Tar Sands Action: 15-Day White House Protest Ends With 1, 252 Total Arrests

[Ted Moffett]

http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/09/06/312076/tar-sands-action-15-day-white-house-protest-ends-with-1252-total-arrests/

Tar Sands Action: 15-Day White House Protest Ends With 1,252 Total Arrests |

The protest against the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar
sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, ended on Saturday with 243
people being arrested after participating in a sit-in at the White
House. Over the 15 days of the protest, police arrested 1,252 people
who protested, surpassing Tar Sand Action’s goal of 1,000 arrests.
Also on Saturday, the Sierra Club, 350.org, and Interfaith Power and
Light held a separate rally where Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org,
said Tar Sands Action organizers soon will be announcing the second
phase of action protesting the Keystone XL pipeline. After the rally,
1,200 people formed a human pipeline that they then dismantled. Here
is an image from Tar Sands Action:
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