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Thousands rally in D.C. against Keystone Pipeline
Posted by NBC: Andrew Rafferty on February 17th, 2013
NBC: Thousands of protesters took to the National Mall on Sunday for a climate rally that organizers touted as the largest of its kind in U.S. history. The group's top priority was to urge President Barack Obama to reject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry tar sands from Canada through the United States.
"When you are in a hole stop digging. Above all, stop the keystone pipeline. The president can do that with the stroke of his pen,' said Bill McKibben, founder of the environmental...
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Keystone XL protesters pressure Obama on climate change promise
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 17th, 2013
Guardian: Thousands of protesters descended on Washington DC on Sunday demanding Barack Obama shut down the Keystone XL pipeline project to show he is serious about taking action on climate change.
Organisers said a crowd of 35,000, carrying placards in the shape of bright red stop signs, gathered at the Washington monument on a bright but bitterly cold day for the march on the White House.
The event, billed as the largest climate protest in US history, was intended as a show of force before Obama renders...
Obama’s Keystone Pipeline Decision Risks New Problems, Either Way
Posted by New York Times: John M. Broder, Clifford Krauss and Ian Austen on February 17th, 2013
New York Times: President Obama faces a knotty decision in whether to approve the much-delayed Keystone oil pipeline: a choice between alienating environmental advocates who overwhelmingly supported his candidacy or causing a deep and perhaps lasting rift with Canada. Canada, the United States’ most important trading partner and a close ally on Iran and Afghanistan, is counting on the pipeline to propel more growth in its oil patch, a vital engine for its economy. Its leaders have made it clear that an American...
Why we Must Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted by Rainforest Action Network: None Given on February 17th, 2013
Rainforest Action Network: “Now that we have seen what the Tar Sands in Alberta looks like, this is not about the pipeline going through our farm. This is about Alberta, about the world. ”
This week tens of thousands of people have arrived in Washington D.C. to defend the climate and demonstrate their opposition to the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline in what has become the largest rally on climate change in U.S. history.
What’s the issue?
The pipeline is a 1700-mile, $7-billion project that would bring 700,000 barrels...
More Than 35,000 March at Forward on Climate Rally
Posted by EcoWatch: None Given on February 17th, 2013
EcoWatch: Today, during President’s Day weekend, more than 35,000 people are marching to the President`s doorstep to support immediate action to contain climate change. People from more than 30 states across the country whose land, homes and health is being threatened by the climate crisis, as well as students, scientists, indigenous community members and many others are participating in this largest climate rally in U.S. history.
(L-R): Lisa Montellongo, Cherokee, North Carolina; Missy Crow, Cherokee,...
Should You Be Worried About Your Meat’s Phosphorus Footprint?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 17th, 2013
National Public Radio: If you've ever played around with one of those carbon or water footprint calculators, you probably know that meat production demands a lot from the environment — a lot of oil, water and land. (Check out the inforgraphic we did on what goes into a hamburger last year for Meat Week.) But have you thought about your meat's phosphorus footprint? Probably not. That's why Geneviève Metson, a doctoral student in natural resource science at McGill University in Canada, did the math for you. She wanted...
Ex-IPCC Head: Prepare for 5°C Warmer World
Posted by Climate Central: Alex Kirby on February 17th, 2013
Climate Central: The world has missed the chance to keep greenhouse gas emissions below the level needed to prevent the temperature climbing above 2° Celsius, according to the British scientist who used to chair the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The scientist, Sir Robert Watson, chaired the Panel from 1997 until 2002, when he was ousted after U.S. pressure for his removal.
Watson said there is a 50-50 chance of preventing global average temperatures rising more than 3°C above their level...
Thousands gather for climate change rally in DC
Posted by USA Today: Wendy Koch on February 17th, 2013
USA Today: In what was billed as the largest climate rally in U.S. history, thousands of people marched past the White House on Sunday to urge President Obama to reject a controversial pipeline and take other steps to fight climate change.
Organizers, including the Sierra Club, estimated that more than 35,000 people from 30-plus states -- some dressed as polar bears -- endured frigid temperatures to join the "Forward on Climate" rally, although the crowd size could not be confirmed. Their immediate target...
OLD-GROWTH ALERT! Protest Continued Tasmanian Old-Growth Logging in Proposed World Heritage Area
Posted by Water Conservation Blog on February 17th, 2013
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An important new report finds that while the Australian government has made pledges to protect Tasmania's priceless temperate rainforests [search], yet shockingly industrial clearcut logging of old-growth continues in what is to be a World Heritage Area. Important forest wildernesses covering some 170,000 hectares and including Butlers Gorge; and the Florentine, Weld and Styx valleys, have been nominated to be added to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and could finally be given protection after decades of protests. Alarmingly, however, industrial scale clear felling is still continuing within those forests, with timbers being sold as "eco ply" by the Malaysian timber mafia. From the top of the "Observer Tree" in the middle of this ancient forest, conservationist Miranda Gibson is calling for your help to protect these globally significant forests. Miranda's action is part of long running grassroots campaigns to protect Tasmania's forests, which Ecological Internet has successfully participated in for nearly 20 years, including leading international protests which helped get notorious Gunns logging to stop logging old-growth forests. We need your help again to call on the Australian government to honor their international obligations and protect these World Heritage nominated old-growth temperate rainforests from industrial destruction.
Keystone XL protest, live from Washington DC
Posted by Grist: None Given on February 17th, 2013
Grist: Here’s a live stream of Sunday’s “Forward on Climate” rally on the National Mall: