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Activists protest big oil at governor’s office
News Articles Featured | Great Falls Tribune | July 12, 2011
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More than 100 environmental activists from across the country descended on Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s office Tuesday to demand that he rescind his support for the Keystone XL oil pipeline and the ExxonMobil megaload transportation project.
Schweitzer met with the rowdy group of activists in the reception room of his office, but refused to meet their demands. Activists from Northen Rockies Rising Tide, Earth First! and other environmental groups said last week’s rupture of an ExxonMobil pipeline that fouled dozens of miles of the Yellowstone River downstream of Laurel is a prime example of why Schweitzer should “toss big oil out of Montana.”
Schweitzer met with the group for about 20 minutes and listened to their complaints and concerns before one of the activists began playing the piano in the reception room, prompting the other activists to jump on tables and dance.
The governor said he hoped the environmental activists could put their passions toward ending the nation’s addiction to foreign oil.
Missoula activist Nick Stocks of the Northern Rockies Rising Tide said that the activists were prepared to stay in the lobby of the governor’s office indefinitely.
For more information on this story, see Wednesday’s paper.
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