Standing Against Oil Sands—and Standing for the Climate [Hoax] - Ecocentric - TIME.com

But climate change aside, Canadian oil sands have one major advantage—they're Canadian. Our friendly neighbors to the north are actually our biggest petroleum dealer, and their oil comes without the rather messy geopolitical tangles of Mideast crude. In a 2009 report for the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael Levi argued that the security benefits of oil sands production probably outweighs the environmental costs, at least in the short-term. Whatever oil we refuse to buy from Canada will likely just be replaced by politically risky crude from the Middle East or Russia or Venezuela—or perhaps, by environmentally riskier developments in the Niger Delta or the Alaskan Arctic. While blocking the Keystone XL pipeline would slow the development of oil sands, it wouldn't stop it. Oil is a fungible commodity, and if the price goes high enough—and there's little reason to expect it wouldn't—eventually Canada would sell that crude elsewhere, perhaps piping it to the west coast and shipping it to a thirsty China, even if that is more expensive and difficult than simple selling it to the U.S.

Pipeline protesters arrested at W.H. - POLITICO.com Print View

Each evening, about 50 protesters go through civil disobedience training, Henn said. The next morning, they are sent to participate in the sit-in at the White House.
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Henn said that as the protests go on, and more volunteers show up, he expects the number of protesters sent to the sit-in each day will increase, maybe to as many as 100 people each day.