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| Daryl Hannah Arrested In Protest Keystone XL Pipeline |
Actress Daryl Hannah has been more than 500 people have been arrested since August 20 for a sit-in protest outside the White House.
The "Splash" and "Wall Street" star was one of nearly 100 people were arrested Tuesday in protest against the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, according to a press release from Rainforest Action Network.
The Associated Press reports that Hannah was sitting on the sidewalk at the White House and refused to move under the command of the U.S. Park Police.
According to the Financial Post, Hannah shouted "No to the Keystone Oil Pipeline," as she was handcuffed.
The proposed gas pipeline from Alberta oil sands of Canada, refineries on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. It 'is currently awaiting approval from the White House.
Huff Post piece of blog, Daryl Hannah and Philip Radford wrote:
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| Daryl Hannah Arrested In Protest Keystone XL Pipeline |
"This week, Obama has hundreds of others outside the White House - including us -. ready to go to jail for protesting peacefully against President shortsighted decision to approve the decision of the Keystone XL Pipeline Obama on this huge project of fossil fuels will not be a quiet agreement with lobbyists from the oil industry, He will be assisted by millions of voters who had hoped that Obama would have a vision to get America out of the oil with an oil-free cars program turned the moon over the next decade. However, the benefits of the oil was opposed to the world that our children will live in, hanging in America some of the highest polluting oil without moving quickly in the future without U.S. foreign oil. "
On Friday, the State Department revealed that the pipeline would have "significant impact" on the environment and suggested that the project forward. Over the weekend, an interview aired by a State Department official said the former Clinton likely to approve plans for the pipeline.
Earlier this month, the New York Times against the tube, said: "We have two main concerns: The risk of oil spills from the pipeline, which runs extremely sensitive, and that the extraction of oil sands produces more greenhouse gases than do conventional production "
Tar Sands protest leader Bill McKibben said: "It is clear that this message is spreading quickly outside of Washington, was the test for the president to show the country and the international community that it is serious about climate change. “
Check this Graphic suggest that the proposed pipeline is "Built to Spill."
The slide shows a number of demonstrators, including religious leaders, who were arrested in front of the White House. Scroll through the slideshow to see a video of the arrest of Daryl Hannah as according information.
