Greenpeace Activists Climb Crane, Hang ‘Resist’ Sign Near White House


With President Trump giving the green light to the Keystone pipeline and announcing a freeze on new environmental rules, protestors from the left-wing group Greenpeace decided to take their complaints directly to Washington D.C. Seven activists associated with the group scaled a 270-foot construction crane just blocks away from the White House and unfurled a large yellow banner that read “Resist”, a clear jab at the president:

“John Evans, 46, a carpenter who works on the site, said the protesters were clearly experienced climbers, noting that they were moving their legs and shifting positions to maintain their blood circulation.

“Look how organized they are. They have the same equipment that I use every day,” he said. “They’re professionals. Amateurs couldn’t stay up there that long.”

The protest comes a day after Trump signed orders intended to restart construction of two oil pipelines, the Dakota Access and the Keystone XL. Former president Barack Obama halted the Keystone XL pipeline in 2015 and the Army Corps of Engineers blocked the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in December after months of protests led by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which gets drinking water from a reservoir in the pipeline’s path.”

Source: Fox 5



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