Anti-Pipeline Activists Protest Outside John Kerry Home

Up to 100 environmental activists from the Midwest Unrest group protested outside the Washington, DC, home of Secretary of State John Kerry on August 25 against the expansion of the Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline. Twenty people were arrested, according to the Huffington Post.

The US is reportedly under pressure to seek less oil from the Middle East and more from Canada. Tar sands bitumen extraction – bitumen being a natural petroleum – involves the removal of trees and brush and the use of lots of water, The Economist says. Credit: YouTube/Christopher Wahmhoff