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Some 300 Rallies Held In US After State Dept Green Lights Keystone XL (Video)
via RT News
As many as 300 candlelight vigils in cities across the US were scheduled for Monday night, as those in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline urged President Obama to ultimately reject the project that will ship tar sands oil from western Canada to Texas. In parks, city halls, churches and other venues, thousands of peaceful demonstrators showed their opposition to the 1,179-mile pipeline that would move high-carbon tar sands oil through the heart of the United States, from western Canada to a hub in Nebraska, where it would then connect with other existing pipelines to deliver 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day to refineries in Texas.
I too oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. I knew little about it until the dozens of spills and rail explosions and so forth occurred. Then I woke up to the problem that is the Keystone XL. It’s a good cause to oppose. Its effects will be monumental both to the environment and the people.
