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November 7, 2011

10,000 Protesters Surround White House Calling on Obama to Reject Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline 
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Some 10,000 protesters surrounded the White House on Sunday calling on
President Obama to reject the proposed 1,700-mile Keystone XL tar sands
oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. The protest came exactly a
year before the 2012 election. Protesters included Carol Fisher.

Carol Fisher, protester: "I'm here because I had to be on behalf of my
grandchildren to be able to say in the face of the rising tide of
environmental degradation, political paralysis and influence of
corporations in our entire systems that there were people that were
saying no, there were people that were saying enough and that we are
with our focus is on the future and on the health of our planet, of our
children, of our democratic systems."



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