Tar Sands Action, an environmental group fighting against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is releasing a new ad campaign in the run-up to a planned DC protest scheduled for November 6th.
The ads, which call on the president to stop development of the pipeline, will appear in the print editions of the New York Times and Washington Post as well as at online media outlets such as CNN.com and ForeignPolicy.com.
The ad comes as environmentalists are questioning the recent hiring of a former lobbyist for the Keystone XL project, Broderick Johnson, as a top Obama campaign adviser.
“The President is at a major crossroads in his presidency,” said Bill McKibben, who is leading protests against the pipeline. “The Keystone XL pipeline was pushed through by the worst kind of political cronyism, exactly the kind of thing President Obama promised to stamp out in Washington. The American people deserve better.”
