Organisers initially claimed a turnout of 6,000, later doubling the number to 12,000. They included the actor Mark Ruffalo, climate scientist James Hansen, and the Nobel peace prize winner Jody Williams.
Police said about 5,000 had come to the gathering.
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"What these millionaire actors and professional activists don't seem to understand is that saying no to Keystone means saying yes to more conflict oil from the Middle East and Venezuela filling American gas tanks," James Millar, a spokesman for TransCanada said in an email. "After the Washington protestors fly back home, they will forget about the millions of Americans who can't find work."
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