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Greenpeace activists unfurl 'resist' banner from crane near White House
 [THEHILL] Activists with Greenpeace on Wednesday brought a massive "resist" banner to a construction site in Washington, D.C., to protest President Trump’s actions promoting oil pipelines.It's yellow, just like Hezbollah's, and it's got a red sun rising behind the word. Very artsy. Protesters started scaling a 270-foot tower crane at a downtown construction site Wednesday morning and unfurled the banner once they reached the top. Greenpeace’s intent is for the 70-foot-by-35-foot banner to be visible from the White House, a few blocks south of the building site, said spokeswoman Cassady Craighill. The group is protesting Trump’s order yesterday to revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, after former President B.O. rejected Keystone and delayed final federal approval for Dakota Access. "People in this country are ready to resist and rise up in ways they have never done before," Karen Topakian, chairwoman of Greenpeace’s board, said in a statement. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-26 |
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