Thousands march on White House to protest climate change
<p> <span word="Thousands">Thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="gathered">gathered</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="urge">urge</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="aggressively">aggressively</span> <span word="combat">combat</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span>.</p><p><span word="These">These</span> <span word="demonstrators">demonstrators</span> <span word="formed">formed</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="human">human</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span>" <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="stretching">stretching</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Mall">Mall</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="stretch">stretch</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="linking">linking</span> <span word="Canada">Canada</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Gulf">Gulf</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mexico">Mexico</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reject">reject</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 3,000-<span word="kilometer">kilometer</span> <span word="Keystone">Keystone</span> <span word="XL">XL</span> <span word="Pipeline">Pipeline</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ultimately">ultimately</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="greenhouse">greenhouse</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="emissions">emissions</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="carbon">carbon</span> <span word="standards">standards</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="plants">plants</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="upset">upset</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="what">what</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="corporations">corporations</span> <span word="want">want</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="protester">protester</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Leslie">Leslie</span>.</p><p><span word="Local">Local</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="rally">rally</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="history">history</span>.</p><p>"<span word="You">You</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="antibodies">antibodies</span> <span word="kicking">kicking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planet">planet</span> <span word="tries">tries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="fever">fever</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="organizer">organizer</span> <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="McKibben">McKibben</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="path">path</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bypass">bypass</span> <span word="ecologically">ecologically</span> <span word="sensitive">sensitive</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="uncertain">uncertain</span>, <span word="following">following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="renewed">renewed</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span>.</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="four">four</span> 1/2-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="long">long</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="critics">critics</span> <span word="accuse">accuse</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="unnecessarily">unnecessarily</span> <span word="impeding">impeding</span> <span word="America">America</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="independence">independence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="preventing">preventing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="creation">creation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tens">tens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span>.</p>
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