Above: Anti-Keystone XL pipeline activists hold up a pipeline longer and blacker than the shadows cast by the sun late this afternoon in downtown Olympia.
by Janine Unsoeld
To coincide with protests and actions against the
Keystone XL pipeline this weekend in Washington D.C., local activists are letting President
Barack Obama know how they feel about it through emails and creative
imagery. President Obama will soon decide whether to approve the pipeline.
Keystone XL is a proposed pipeline that would run 2,000
miles from Canada to Texas carrying tar sands oil, one of the dirtiest fossil
fuels on the planet, across six states and several major rivers, including the
Missouri, Yellowstone and Red River. This
project would potentially threaten water supplies for millions of Americans along its path if a leak or spill were to occur.
A major, youth-led protest at the White House will
be held this weekend called XL Dissent. For more information, go to www.xldissent.org. For local information,
contact Olympia Climate Crisis group organizers Glen Anderson at 491-9093 or
Rod Tharpe 951-1080 or go to www.olympiafor.org.
