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Keystone XL pipeline
Message to Canada's ambassador to U.S.: Stop lobbying for Keystone XL pipeline
For Immediate Release
August 31, 2011 (Washington, D.C.) - The Council of Canadians, the Indigenous Environmental Network and Greenpeace Canada presented a letter addressed to Ambassador Gary Doer at the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C. today demanding an end to lobbying in favour of the Keystone XL pipeline.
"Ambassador Doer has publicly recognized he is actively lobbying for Keystone XL," says Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, who will be present to help deliver the letter. "To pitch the tar sands as the answer to American energy security ignores the destruction [it creates] and turns away from the sustainable energy future Canada and the U.S. need."
Canadian actors Margot Kidder and Tantoo Cardinal among 60 arrested at White House pipeline protest
WASHINGTON, DC - The iconic Canadian actors Margot Kidder and a Tantoo Cardinal were arrested Tuesday morning at 11:30 a.m. in Washington, D.C. as part of an ongoing sit-in at the White House to pressure President Barack Obama to deny the permit for a massive new tar sands oil pipeline.
"I can't think of a more important place to be," said Kidder, who is best known for her role as Lois Lane in four of the original Superman movies. "President Obama has the chance here to do the right thing and stop this pipeline. I'm here to help make sure he does it."
