Clean Energy Advocates March To White House, Demand Change

Robert Hune-Kalter - Talk Radio News Service

Friends of the Earth, an environmental advocacy group, rallied outside the Canadian Embassy Thursday to protest against a proposed pipeline that would link the tar sands of Alberta, Canada to Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. The advocacy group said the pipeline would put many farms and ranches at risk in the event of yet another catastrophic oil spill. 

“For far too long Canada has been pushing tar sands oil, the dirtiest source of oil on Earth, onto the U.S. people, and we’ve been a willing buyer,” said Alex Moore, Dirty Fuels Campaigner for Friends of the Earth.

TransCanada, the company proposing the pipeline, is seeking a safety waiver which would allow them to use thinner piping. 

“We have all… seen the ramifications of how the fossil fuel industry has been reeking havoc on our lives, on our health, on our communities [and] on our environment by their blatant disregard for environmental and safety regulations,” said Actress and National Wildlife Federation board member, Gloria Reuben.

The group marched from the Canadian Embassy to the White House to raise awareness for clean energy reform and to make it a priority for the Obama Administration and Congress.