[CHRON] Environmentalists opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline are pledging to turn up the heat on President Barack Obama
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by risking arrest through acts of civil disobedience at fundraisers, political meetings and federal agency offices.
The planned protests are designed to build political pressure as Obama nears a final decision on the project. They illustrate the political challenge facing Obama, who risks alienating at least one key Democratic base - environmentalists or labor unions - no matter what he decides.
Becky Bond, the political director of the progressive group CREDO, which is organizing the threatened protests, says environmentalists will hold Obama accountable.
"We see it as being incumbent upon us as citizens to send a message that the president cannot ignore," Bond told news hounds during a conference call Monday. |