As of yesterday, more than 100 activists have been arrested for protesting against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in front of the White House. It's a feat of grassroots organizing with more than 2,100 people signed up to participate in the two-week sit-in that goes through Sept. 3. Bill McKibben shared his thought on the protest: "This will be the largest civil-disobedience protest certainly in the history of the climate movement, and really one of the biggest things of its kind to happen in a very, very long time." That egotism aside, it's the real people speaking about their fear but still taking action because something needs to be done. 

The activists want President Obama to reject TransCanada’s proposed $7 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline to bring up to 900,000 barrels per day from Alberta to refineries in Texas. The project is currently under State Department review and the administration plans to make a final decision by the end of the year.

After the jump is a clip about the training and how to handle getting arrested. For more information, I urge you to check out tarsandsaction.org.

 

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