{"id":24333,"date":"2011-08-24T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=24333"},"modified":"2011-08-24T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T10:00:29","slug":"hundreds-arrested-including-me-in-dc-the-protest-against-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-why-the-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/hundreds-arrested-including-me-in-dc-the-protest-against-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-why-the-uproar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Arrested (Including Me) in DC: The Protest Against the Keystone XL Pipeline and Why the Uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ending only September the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, a group is planned to protest every day for two weeks, and more than 2100 people have signed up. Already, an estimated 222 people <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/08\/20\/bill-mckibben-70-others-arrested\/\">have been arrested<\/a>, 65 on Saturday, 45 on Sunday, 52 on Monday and 60 on Tuesday, including <strong>Canadian actors<\/strong> <strong>Margot Kidder<\/strong> (best known as Lois Lane in four of the original Superman movies) and <strong>Tantoo Cardinal<\/strong> (indigenous actor best known for her roles in Legends of the Fall, Dances with Wolves, and Smoke Signals).<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/27902739\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Arrestees whose ID stated they resided in DC were released after paying a $100 fine while 55 other participants from last Saturday\u2019s demonstration were kept in jail for two nights before having all charges dropped and being released. On Tuesday afternoon, they were greeted with food and drink outside the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Moultrie Courthouse by a group of supporters.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8211;&gt;&gt; You may also like:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/06\/28\/help-stop-keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline-take-action\/\">Help Stop Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline {TAKE ACTION}<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday\u2019s protestors were released after being arrested, taken to a Park Police station, and paying $100 fine for \u201cdisobeying a police order\u201d (also known as \u201cfailure to obey lawful order\u201d).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24334\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P8210104.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24334\" title=\"Supporters cheering on those released Tuesday afternoon\" src=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/files\/2011\/08\/P8210104-e1314179825340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters cheering on the release of Activists on Tuesday afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To participate, you are required to attend a training session from 5:00 to 9:00 at one of two local churches in DC which kindly volunteered their facilities. More information is provided on the action&#8217;s website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarsandsaction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TarSandsAction.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X4YkvHBqp7U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Why We (+ Obama) Need to Block the Tar Sands Pipeline<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Being one of those 45<\/strong> arrested on Sunday, the 21<sup>st<\/sup>, I would like to stress the importance of the President blocking this pipeline. Already being extracted and refined in Canada, the tar sands are known as not only the largest remaining deposits of oil, but the dirtiest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>At least 90% of the fresh water used in the oil sands ends up in tailing ponds so toxic that propane cannons are used to keep ducks from landing. These toxic tailing ponds are considered one of the largest human-made structures in the world; they span 50 square kilometers and can be seen from space. Processing the oil sands uses enough natural gas in a day to heat 3 million homes. Producing a barrel of oil from the oil sands produces three times more greenhouse gas emissions than a barrel of conventional oil.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8211;&gt;&gt;You may also like:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/08\/20\/bill-mckibben-70-others-arrested\/\">Bill McKibben &amp; ~70 Others Arrested<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>TransCanada hopes to begin building a new oil pipeline that would trek close to 2,000 miles from Alberta, Canada to Texas. If constructed, the pipeline, known as the Keystone XL, would carry 900,000 barrels of tar sands oil in to the US daily and, in turn, double our country&#8217;s reliance on oil, resulting in climate-damaging emissions equal to adding more than six million new cars to U.S. roads. Along its route from Alberta to Texas, this pipeline could devastate ecosystems and pollute water sources, and would jeopardize public health.<\/p>\n<p>Communities living downstream from tailing ponds have seen <strong>spikes in rates of rare cancers, renal failure, lupus, and hyperthyroidism<\/strong>. In the lakeside village of Fort Chipewyan, for example, 100 of the town\u2019s 1,200 residents have died from cancer. Problems are only getting worse as extraction and refining of this dirty oil continues. Unfortunately, an area the size of Florida is already set for extraction. Already, Canadian pipeline companies operate 1,900 miles of oil pipelines in and around the Great Lakes watershed, which supplies 25 million people with drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>Many people are supporting the extension of the pipeline stating that it will create jobs. TransCanada\u2019s proposed number of jobs that would be created has varied greatly, but Keystone XL proponents main contention at the end of the day, whether it\u2019s 3,500 jobs or 118,000 jobs, is that the pipeline would create jobs. But it\u2019s not that simple. \u00a0If we do not protect our natural resources, there will be no future jobs. And we can put Americans to work now by creating jobs that heal our land. Policies in that direction would actually create more jobs per dollar spent.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s decision would not only affect the six U.S. states and major rivers that the pipeline would traverse, including the Missouri River, Yellowstone, and Red Rivers, as well as key sources of drinking and agricultural water, such as the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies two million Americans. 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