Hundreds in Los Angeles protest climate change, North Dakota pipeline

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Hundreds in Los Angeles protest climate change, North Dakota pipeline

Reuters
23 Oct 2016 at 22:20 ET



Hundreds of people gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to protest against climate change and show support for activists demonstrating against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota.

Several Hollywood stars, including Mark Ruffalo and Susan Sarandon, were among the more than 800 people who attended the climate rally in MacArthur Park. Rallygoers carried signs urging to “shut it all down now” and chanted slogans like “water is life.”

“Not only is it an environmental, but it’s a problem in terms of social justice,” Sarandon told the rally. “We can do it. We can stop fracking. We can stop the pipeline. But really it’s only because of great numbers of people.”

Also among celebrity attendees was actress Shailene Woodley, who earlier this month was arrested in North Dakota while protesting the planned pipeline in an incident that was live-streamed on Facebook.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/hundreds-in-los-angeles-protest-climate-change-north-dakota-pipeline/

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I saw CBS news had the story on early this morning. Finally

beginning to get some media coverage.

[Achilleaze]

2. Standing Rock is huge, and going to get huger

It speaks volumes that corporate media has paid the barest minimal attention so far - deliberately turning their back on an epic development in US and Canadian history (and karma).