Environmental Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

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Published on Thursday, June 23, 2011 by CommonDreams.org
Environmental Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

by Naomi Klein, Wendell Berry, Maude Barlow, Bill McKibben and Others


Dear Friends,

This will be a slightly longer letter than common for the internet age—it’s serious stuff.

The short version is we want you to consider doing something hard: coming to Washington in the hottest and stickiest weeks of the summer and engaging in civil disobedience that will likely get you arrested.

The full version goes like this:

As you know, the planet is steadily warming: 2010 was the warmest year on record, and we’ve seen the resulting chaos in almost every corner of the earth. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/06/23

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1. K&R

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2. How many of them live in Canada?

Who would be the leaders if they are left out? The coalition needs to get stronger.