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Listen up, Joe! Protest demands no more drilling on public lands [1]

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Date: 2023-04-29  

Climate Defiance Saturday evening blocked the entrance to the Washington Correspondence Dinner in a bid to bring their message to President Biden — #EndFossilFuels. The President is being called out for his approval of the ConocoPhillips Willow project in Alaska. The federally owned land on Alaska’s north slope is estimated to hold nearly 600 million barrels of oil.

Biden entered the dinner through a separate entrance, while many guests had to abandon their cars and walk through the protestors to attend the yearly gathering. The two members of the Tennessee legislature who were reinstated after being voted out for activism joined the demonstrators. Many celebrities attending the dinner expressed their support for ending fossil fuels.

Sign the petitions (here, here and here) now.

x We are a brand-new movement of young people.



We came of age amidst superstorms and fires and crumbling ice shelves.



We trusted our President - but he sold us out to fossil fuel CEOs.



So we will rise. We will build the future we deserve.

And we will be unstoppable. pic.twitter.com/7aUNWKXYLW — Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) April 27, 2023

x The @ClimateDefiance march is on the move in DC!



We’re heading to blockade the White House Correspondents Dinner b/c President Biden doesn’t seem to get it.



Climate leadership means saying NO to new oil + gas projects. Period. #EndFossilFuels pic.twitter.com/qWDOcOdKIM — Collin Rees (@collinrees) April 29, 2023

x I’m glad both of my homies @brotherjones_ and @Justinjpearson joined the protest at the White House Correspondents Dinner. It’s time to #EndFossilFuels 🗣️ https://t.co/gckCnuLXP4 — A is for Afro (@Amberisms_) April 30, 2023

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