Climate Activists Arrested at White House

NASA climate scientist James Hansen and 142 other protestors were arrested outside the White House today, adding to the growing number of climate activists who have been taken into custody for protesting the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.

TransCanada Corporation wants to build the pipeline to carry Canadian oil from the tar sands fields of Alberta nearly 2,000 miles across six states to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Environmentalists say the pipeline would endanger the environment and public health, but a new State Department report claims the pipeline would have a low environmental impact.

Learn more about the risks and benefits of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, and decide for yourself whether allowing it would be in the U.S. national interest.

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