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Sat Jun 15, 2013, 03:22 PM Jun 2013

Pipeline protesters return for Biden visit





Vice President Joe Biden swung by San Francisco on Friday to raise thousands of dollars for the Democratic Party and was greeted by many of the same protesters who gave President Obama an earful during his Bay Area visit last week.

Opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, which would carry tar sands fuel from Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast, gathered near the private fundraiser in San Francisco's Sea Cliff neighborhood. Environmentalists have been pressuring the Obama administration to reject the pipeline, while project supporters say it will create jobs.

About 50 protesters gathered outside the home of Dawn Ross and Doug Hickey, who were hosting the fundraiser. That number was a significant drop from the 350 clamoring outside Obama's Silicon Valley events last week, but many were from the same activist organizations, such as Credo Mobile, 350.org and the Sierra Club.

"Joe Biden, yes you can, drop the dirty pipeline plan," the protesters chanted, flashing red-white-and-blue signs at passing cars.

"The idea is to let Biden know that they have enough support to say no to the pipeline," said Daniel Kessler, a spokesman for 350.org.

A State Department study found that while pipeline construction is estimated to create 42,100 temporary jobs, it would add only about 35 permanent jobs, the bulk of which would be for pipeline inspection and maintenance.

full: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Pipeline-protesters-return-for-Biden-visit-4602031.php
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