NASA Scientist James Hansen and Darryl Hannah Arrested at Keystone Pipeline Protest
Things are heating up when it comes to the protests outside of the Whitehouse over the Keystone XL pipeline, a $7 billion, 1,700 mile project. James Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, was arrested on August 29 while protesting. Hansen, who was one of the first scientists to warn about global warming, reportedly yelled into a microphone before being arrested for Obama to act “for the sake of your children and grandchildren.”
Hansen was arrested with 142 other activists, including actress Daryl Hannah, who shouted “No to the Keystone Pipeline” as police handcuffed her. Over 500 protestors have been arrested since the protests started on August 20.
Hansen and 20 other leading scientists sent a letter to the Whitehouse urging Obama to stop the construction of the pipeline. The letter declared, “If the pipeline is to be built, you as president have to declare that it is ‘in the national interest.’ As scientists, speaking for ourselves and not for any of our institutions, we can say categorically that it’s not only not in the national interest, it’s also not in the planet’s best interest.”
Jim Wallis, the best-selling evangelical author and minister who served on Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, supports the protesters. “Developing the tar sands in Canada and building the Keystone XL pipeline through six states in the American Midwest is the wrong direction for our country and derails progress of building a responsible energy infrastructure,” Wallis said in a statement.
The potential environmental impacts
“There would be no significant impacts to most resources along the proposed pipeline corridor,” Kerri-Ann Jones, assistant secretary of the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs said in a statement.
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