Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Climate-Action-at-White-House-in-Washington-27MZIFV56S4X.htmlConceptually similarClimate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HKNCompleted★★★★Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HKOCompleted★★★★Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HJ4Completed★★★★Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HKJCompleted★★★★Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HJICompleted★★★★Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HJ5Completed★★★★Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HJYCompleted★★★★Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HJ3Completed★★★★Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGP04HJWCompleted★★★★View AllGP04HKLClimate Action at White House in WashingtonLuis Garden Acosta, left, founder, president and CEO of El Puente, is ecorted by police after being arrested at the White House in a non-violent protest against the Keystone XL pipeline proposal. El Puente is a community organization that helped found the El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice in Brooklyn, New York.Locations:North America-United States of America-Washington, D.C.Date:13 Feb, 2013Credit:© Greenpeace / Robert MeyersMaximum size:4860px X 3856pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Activists-Arrests-Chaining actions-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Day-Fences-Full length-Keystone pipeline-KWCI (GPI)-Latin American and Hispanic ethnicities-Men-Outdoors-Police-Small group of people-United States Government-White HouseShoot:Climate Action at White House in WashingtonGreenpeace USA Executive Director Phil Radford was among 48 environmental leaders, social justice advocates and celebrities arrested in a non-violent protest at the White House in an action designed to ask President Obama to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline proposal to carry bitumous compounds from the Tar Sands development in Canada to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. Radford joined with Michael Brune, director of the Sierra Club, in the first civil disobedience in the Sierra Club's 122-year history, as well as civil rights leader Julian Bond, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, NASA climate scientist James Hansen, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., actor Daryl Hannah and others. Each of the group was charged with failure to disperse and obey lawful orders, and released on $100 bond.
