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Hundreds of protesters arrested at White House

Hundreds of protesters arrested at White House

Hundreds of protesters who were expressing their opposition to the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline were arrested outside the White House on Sunday.

The protest, which was organized by a group of students, started at Georgetown University and the protesters marched from there to the White House.

Along the way, they also stopped at US Secretary of State John Kerrys house.
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The youth really understand the traditional methods of creating change are not sufficient so we needed to escalate, said one of the protesters, Johnson, just before she was arrested at the White House.



According to the environmentalist organizers 350.org, almost 400 protesters were arrested at the White House. Prior to the arrests, the protesters had been warned that they should not block the sidewalk or strap themselves to the White House fence.



Keystone XL is a proposed tar sands pipeline that would connect western Canada to the US Gulf Coast. The 1,700-mile pipeline would carry 800,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day across the US to refineries in Texas.

Environmentalists say in addition to carbon-dioxide emissions caused by the Keystone XL pipeline, oil spills and their subsequent fallout also endanger communities nearby.

The project requires a Presidential Permit to move forward and activists are demanding US President Barack Obama to stand up to big oil corporations and stop the pipeline.

By Press TV

 

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