Hundreds of people from across the Unites States and beyond have voluntarily risked arrest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. These people are standing up against Transcanada and the potential development of the Keystone XL Pipeline. This pipeline, if built, will send 900,000 barrels a day of the world’s dirtiest oil to US refineries, allowing further development of the Alberta tar sands.
The Tar Sands Action, as it is being called, will take place from August 20 - September 3, 2011.