By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org

WASHINGTON – High school students from Ithaca, New York’s Lehman Alternative Community School, as well as several area college students, reportedly were bused to Washington, DC and took part in a recent protest against the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline.

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The protesters reportedly chanted, “Hey, Obama, we don’t want no climate drama,” “Tell me what democracy looks like, this is what democracy looks like” and “Bullshit, get off it, enemy is profit, climate devastation will not be bought by corporation.”

Video shows the protests climbing all over the World War II memorial.

From The Ithacan:

Saturday afternoon, six buses left Ithaca for Washington, D.C., two were a combination of Ithaca College, Cornell University and Tompkins Cortland Community College students, one was from Lehman Alternative High School and three were from the Ithaca community.

On the student bus Saturday to D.C., sophomore Dennis Fox, a student from Cornell and treasurer of KyotoNOW!, a student climate action organization, explained what students could expect from the protest.

“There’s going to be a lot of emotion, and we’re going to be doing a lot of good tomorrow, but you should remember especially the world is watching, and you are the face of the environmental movement,” Fox said. “We’re fighting for something that is larger than just ourselves and just Ithaca.”

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One of the speakers was Chief Jacqueline Thomas, past Chief of the Saik’uz First Nation in British Columbia and co-founder of Yinka Dene Alliance, which translates to “People of the Earth.” Thomas spoke about how she is seeing change in the people and land of British Columbia as a result of climate change. She encouraged protesters to do what they think is right and protect the land.

“When we take care of the land, the land will take care of us,” Thomas said. “If we explore our land, we will explore ourselves.”

Susan Multer, a resident of Horseheads, N.Y., said she was at the rally because fracking and climate change are important to her.

“I’m here because I think the planet is in trouble,” Multer said. “If we don’t decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, like CO2 and methane, our survival is at stake.”

In the fall, Multer said she plans to move to Ecovillage in Ithaca, which is a residential community that minimizes impacts on natural systems.

After the speakers finished, around 1:30 p.m, there was a march that followed the route from the Washington Monument, down Constitution Avenue, 17th street, Pennsylvania Avenue, 15th street and back down Constitution Avenue. Protesters then congregated around the Washington Monument for a celebration.

Throughout the march, protesters chanted phrases like, “Hey, Obama, we don’t want no climate drama,” “Tell me what democracy looks like, this is what democracy looks like” and “Bullshit, get off it, enemy is profit, climate devastation will not be bought by corporation.”

Among the protesters wearing everyday clothes were many characters dressed in polar bear costumes to emphasize how climate is affecting the poles. One man was dressed entirely in a suit made of plastic shopping bags.