• TransCanada Pipeline Protesters: Who They Are, Why They Came
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/transcanada-pipeline-protest_n_935263.html

    The debate over the Keystone XL oil pipeline reached a fever pitch this week as activists led by author and environmentalist Bill McKibben called on Barack Obama to deny presidential approval to the TransCanada project, which would stretch from tar sands in Canada to oil refineries in south Texas. Tuesday marked the fifth day of protests as well as the arrival of dozens of Gulf Coast residents to sit-ins before the White House.

    The protests, slated to run through Sept. 3, have drawn a geographically diverse group of activists from as far away as California and Montana. As of Wednesday morning, 275 had been arrested by the U.S. Park Police. Hundreds more are on their way to Washington.

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