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From: Kayaker8/19/2011 2:11:58 PM
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Massive protest at White House against Alberta tar sands pipeline
Campaigners say the two-week protest will be the biggest green civil disobedience in a generation

Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Friday 19 August 2011 17.31 BST
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The White House Photograph: Ron Edmonds/AP

A protest at the White House against a pipeline from the Alberta tar sands is emerging as the biggest green civil disobedience campaign in a generation, organisers said.

Approximately 1,500 people signed up to court arrest during the two-week action outside the White House, which begins on Saturday morning.

The campaign is seen as a last chance to persuade Barack Obama to stop a planned 1,600-mile pipeline that will carry oil from the tar sands of Alberta across rich American farmland to the Gulf of Mexico....

guardian.co.uk
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