FRIDAY: 1,000 Activists March on Reagan Building to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the biggest D.C. environmental rally of the year, more than 1,000 activists from the climate, environment, and faith communities will descend upon downtown Washington, D.C. at noon on Friday, October 7 to send a clear message to the State Department and to President Obama: reject the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.

This event will provide excellent sights, sounds, and expert sources for the media. Interviews are available in advance upon request.

Attendees will gather outside of the Ronald Reagan Building, where the State Department will hold a hearing about the pipeline. This is the final hearing in a process riddled with controversy. The State Department's process has recently been called into question after internal emails were discovered connecting a major lobbyist for the project to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, and management of the hearings have seemingly favored Big Oil and their supporters.

DETAILS:

WHAT: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline Rally, including 1,000+ activists from the United States and Canada. Great sights and sounds.

WHERE:  On 14th Street NW, between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues, outside of the Ronald Reagan Building

WHEN: The rally will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7th. For print journalists and others who want more background information, a press conference will be held at 9:00 a.m. in the Reagan Building, Hemisphere B room. Please bring media credentials.

Rally speakers include:

Mike Tidwell, Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Phil Radford, Director, Greenpeace
Bill McKibben, Founder, 350.org and Tar Sands Action
Quentin James, Director, Sierra Student Coalition
Kandy Mossett, Indigenous Environmental Network
Rose Berger, Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light

For more information about the fight to stop the Keystone XL pipeline, visit www.tarsandsaction.org.

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is the first grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Our mission is to build and mobilize a powerful grassroots movement in this unique region that surrounds our nation's capital to call for state, national and international policies that will put us on a path to climate stability. Learn more at www.chesapeakeclimate.org.

SOURCE Chesapeake Climate Action Network

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