Monday, February 18, 2013

Juan Cole: "Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire: Protest against Climate Change Draws Thousands to Washington" (with video)


Juan Cole with video (01:59):
The ‘Forward on Climate’ protest drew some 40,000 demonstrators to Washington, DC, on Sunday. Although the press tended to cast it as mainly a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would allow export of Canadian oil produced from tar sands via the Gulf of Mexico, the rally was against policies that accelerate climate change in general. MORE...

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