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Mon Apr 8 2013 (Updated 04/09/13)
Ritzy Obama Fundraisers Bring Protests Against XL Pipeline in San Francisco, Atherton
Demonstrators in Bay Area Tell Obama No XL Pipeline
Protesters mobilized to greet President Barack Obama who was in town for a series of fundraisers in San Francisco and Atherton on April 3 and 4. Approximately 1,000 demonstrators opposing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would extend from Canada to Texas, gathered outside the mansion of Ann and Gordon Getty in San Francisco the evening of April 3. The next day about 100 environmentalists, including many elderly, lay in wait along the President's route after a fundraiser in Atherton.

Rain meant the deployment of dozens of umbrellas in the tiny town on the San Francisco peninsula. President Obama's arrival in Atherton via military helicopter created disappointment among the demonstrators, some of whom had arrived before 8am. After two hours of waiting in rain, however, the protesters found out that the President would leave the fundraiser via motorcade. They were able to make their protest known as the State Department vehicle carrying the President passed directly along the route where demonstrators held their placards high.

Environmentalists are worried that the XL pipeline's existence would contribute to global warming because of greenhouse gas emissions from the process of extracting bitumen from Canadian tar sands. Many said they have not forgotten the President's inaugural promise to fight climate change and insist that he should follow through on that promise by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline.

Protest turns up heat on Keystone tar sands pipeline at Obama dinner | photo "No XL Pipeline" Protest Near Obama Fundraiser on the Peninsula

Previous Related Indybay Feature: Bay Area Activists Prepare for Direct Action to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline
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