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September 21, 2013

Rallies from Nebraska to NYC for Draw the Line

A protest encampment with banners and a barn structure in an open field under clear blue skies, surrounded by farmland and dirt roads.

Amazing photos are coming in from all across the country today, as people “Draw The Line” on Keystone XL, the tar sands, and other dirty enegy projects that are worsening the climate crisis. In Nebraska, BOLD Nebraska and friends rally outside the renewable energy powered barn they’re building in the proposed route Keystone XL:

A protest encampment with banners and a barn structure in an open field under clear blue skies, surrounded by farmland and dirt roads.

In New York City, activists formed a human tide line to highlight the threat of sea level rise:

A climate activist wearing a green headband holds a sign reading "TURN THE TIDE ON CLIMATE CHANGE" at an outdoor rally with other protesters holding a large green banner behind them.

In Madison, WI, dozens of people rally with a giant pencil — it’s for the President to draw the line against Keystone XL!

Environmental protesters hold a massive yellow banner reading "DRAW THE LINE - NO TAR SANDS" under a blue sky with white clouds. Crowd gathered on paved surface with trees in background.