The largest environmental civil disobedience in decades concluded over Labor Day weekend on September 3rd in front of the White House with organizers pledging to escalate a nationwide campaign to push President Obama to deny the permit for a new tar sands oil pipeline.

A petition with 617,428 names opposing the pipeline was delivered to the White House and over the course of the two-week sit-in 1,252 people were arrested, including top climate scientists, landowners from Texas and Nebraska, First Nations leaders from Canada, and notable individuals including Bill McKibben, former White House official Gus Speth, NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen, actor Daryl Hannah, filmmaker Josh Fox, and author Naomi Klein. And even some Obama For America staffers.

Ouch! 

As a final send-off to the protest, here's a clip outside the White House to capture mood during the initial arrests titled The Indigenous Call: Take Back Our Future.

 

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