{"id":29039,"date":"2012-01-23T21:56:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T21:56:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-24T05:27:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T05:27:08","slug":"tomorrow-blowing-whistle-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/350.org\/id\/tomorrow-blowing-whistle-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: Blowing the Whistle on Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We just sent out the following media advisory for the big &#8220;Blow the Whistle&#8221; protest in Washington, DC tomorrow. It&#8217;s not too late to join in the action, you can sign up here: <a href=\"https:\/\/act.350.org\/signup\/dc-keystone-refs\/\">350.org\/refs<\/a>. Thanks!&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keystone XL Protest on Capitol Hill Tomorrow<br \/>500 Referees \u201cBlow the Whistle\u201d on Big Oil\u2019s Corruption of Congress<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Keystone XL pipeline protesters will go on the offensive this Tuesday with a rally on Capitol Hill featuring 500 people dressed as referees \u201cblowing the whistle\u201d on fossil fuel funded corruption in Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who<\/strong>: 500 referees, a marching band, Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Steve Cohen, 350.org founder Bill McKibben, Energy Action Coalition Environmental Justice Director Lili Molina, Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford, and peace and justice advocate Rev. Graylan Hagler.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What<\/strong>: A great photo and video opportunity featuring 500 referees blowing whistles, throwing penalty flags, and holding signs that call out individual members of Congress for the amount of money they have received from the fossil fuel industry. After the event on Capitol Hill, protesters will march to the American Petroleum Institute to protest the industry front group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: West Lawn, US Capitol Building<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: 12:00 \u2013 2:00 PM, Tuesday, Jan 24&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why<\/strong>: Despite President Obama\u2019s rejection of the Keystone XL permit, Speaker Boehner and certain members of Congress continue to push the pipeline, in large part because of the millions of dollars in campaign contributions they\u2019ve received from Big Oil. This sort of bribery wouldn\u2019t be allowed at the Super Bowl \u2013 let alone a high school football game \u2013 and it shouldn\u2019t be allowed in our democracy. One day before Congress holds new hearings on Keystone XL (and two weeks before the Super Bowl), protesters will \u201cblow the whistle\u201d on this fossil fuel funded corruption and use Keystone XL to hold politicians accountable for their ties to Big Oil.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBlow the Whistle\u201d rally is being organized by 350.org, Center for Biological Diversity, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Energy Action Coalition, Greenpeace, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oil Change International, and the Sierra Club.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>We just sent out the following media advisory for the big &#8220;Blow the Whistle&#8221; protest in Washington, DC tomorrow. It&#8217;s not too late to join in the action, you can sign up here: <a href=\"https:\/\/act.350.org\/signup\/dc-keystone-refs\/\">350.org\/refs<\/a>. Thanks!&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keystone XL Protest on Capitol Hill Tomorrow<br \/>500 Referees \u201cBlow the Whistle\u201d on Big Oil\u2019s Corruption of Congress<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Keystone XL pipeline protesters will go on the offensive this Tuesday with a rally on Capitol Hill featuring 500 people dressed as referees \u201cblowing the whistle\u201d on fossil fuel funded corruption in Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who<\/strong>: 500 referees, a marching band, Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Steve Cohen, 350.org founder Bill McKibben, Energy Action Coalition Environmental Justice Director Lili Molina, Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford, and peace and justice advocate Rev. 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This sort of bribery wouldn\u2019t be allowed at the Super Bowl \u2013 let alone a high school football game \u2013 and it shouldn\u2019t be allowed in our democracy. One day before Congress holds new hearings on Keystone XL (and two weeks before the Super Bowl), protesters will \u201cblow the whistle\u201d on this fossil fuel funded corruption and use Keystone XL to hold politicians accountable for their ties to Big Oil.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBlow the Whistle\u201d rally is being organized by 350.org, Center for Biological Diversity, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Energy Action Coalition, Greenpeace, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oil Change International, and the Sierra Club.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10012012,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tuesday: Blowing the Whistle on Congress - 350 Indonesia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/350.org\/id\/tomorrow-blowing-whistle-congress\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"id_ID\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tuesday: Blowing the Whistle on Congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We just sent out the following media advisory for the big &quot;Blow the Whistle&quot; protest in Washington, DC tomorrow. 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