Read this story from the Tyee’s Geoff Dembicki on the historic civil uprising brewing in Washington, DC over opposition to the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline and other climate flashpoints, like the Tim DeChristopher issue.

“The end-goal of this mass act of civil disobedience, hyped as the largest in American climate movement history, is to kibosh TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. For organizers, this proposal is about much
more than a US$7 billion steel artery pumping crude from Alberta’s oil
sands to Texas Gulf Coast refineries — it’s a referendum on the fate of the climate.” (Aug 19, 2011)

http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/08/19/Climate-Justice-Movement/