McKibben calls protest a success

Posted on September 15, 2011 |

• Vermont
• Bill McKibben
• climate change
• environment
• Tar Sands

By Andrea Suozzo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — To Ripton resident Bill McKibben, the best measure of success in the two-week Tar Sands Action protest in front of the White House was the 1,253 arrests of protesters.

People concerned about global climate change flocked to the Washington, D.C., from across the nation for a two-week protest that drew to an end Sept. 3, with 243 arrests happening on that final day, according to tarsandsaction.org.

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