Extreme Green: Enviros Resort to Tricks to Penetrate America's Media

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Human Events:

The black oil dripped from the containers, falling onto Old Glory’s 50 stars and 13 stripes.

“No tar sands, no pipeline. We will blockade,” chanted the two oil-wielding protesters, both clad in black.

On April 3, Carlo Voli, 47, andLisa Marcus, 57, stormed the Canadian consulate in Seattleto protest the Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,700 mile conduit that will transport oil fromAlberta, Canada, to refineries in south Texas. Standing in the consulate’s lobby, they vowed to do all in their power to stop the project.

Police eventually removed Voli and Marcus, who acted on behalf of Tar Sands Blockade, a left-wing environmental organization.

As America rolls toward a resurgence fired by fossil fuels – natural gas, oil and coal – anti-growth protesters like Voli and Marcus step up their game, pushing harder and harder for attention from the media.

While using direct action to protest certain projects is nothing new for the green movement, a certain faction of the campaign seems willing to engage in stunts to penetrate America’s consciousness.