Americans protest tars sands Feb. 17
The biggest protest of the year in the U.S. is about the tar sands and pipelines. On Wednesday, Feb. 13 nearly 50 prominent Americans were arrested in front of the White House, again, to protest tar sands development and the proposed Keystone bitumen pipeline. Their civil disobedience comes just days ahead of the largest climate action rally ever in the US, also targeting the tar sands. The…