Actress Daryl Hannah arrested in White House oil protest

Описание: (30 Aug 2011)
1. Protestors walking towards White House, actress Daryl Hannah holding sign
2. Mid of Hannah walking
3. Close of sign, tilt up to Hannah holding it
4. Protestors sitting in front of White House
5. Protestors filing in to demonstration area
6. Pan of sign reads (English) "NO TAR SANDS XL PIPELINE"
7. Cutaway of photographers, pan over to Hannah holding sign
8. Wide of protest in front of White House
9. Police officers walking over to protestors, zoom in of police taking away signs
10. Close of police officers'' legs
11. Tracking shot of police officers pulling Hannah up from ground and arresting her
12. Cutaway of protestors clapping
13. Close of police handcuffing Hannah, tilt up to Hannah''s face
14. Mid of Hannah being led away by officer
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daryl Hannah, actress and environmental activist: ++PLEASE NOTE: THIS SOUNDBITE IS FROM BEFORE HER ARREST++
"We know how to create American-made, US-community based, clean, regenerative energy. There is already a town in Missouri that runs on wind power that hasn''t been subjected to the energy price hikes. They make more energy than they need. It works, it''s here, it''s available. President Obama promised us that that was his agenda and so far we haven''t seen any signs of that, so we''re hoping that he will not bow to the lobbyists and will make the right decision by the US citizens."
16. Various of protestors being arrested
STORYLINE:
Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, along with other environmental protesters who oppose a planned oil pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast.
The sit-in involved dozens protesting against the TransCanada Corporation''s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
Calgary-based TransCanada wants to build a massive pipeline to carry crude oil extracted from tar sands in Alberta to refineries in Texas.
The pipeline, which would travel through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, would carry an estimated
700-thousand barrels of oil a day, doubling the capacity of an existing pipeline from Canada.
Before she was arrested, Hannah told The Associated Press that the protesters wanted America to be free from dependence on fossil fuels.
She said they hoped President Barack Obama would not bow to oil lobbyists, and opponents have urged him to block the project as a sign he is serious about protecting the environment.
Last week the Obama administration removed a major roadblock to the planned 7 (b) billion US dollars oil pipeline, saying in a report that the project was unlikely to cause significant environmental damage during construction or operation.
Environmental groups call for clean energy investments instead, saying the pipeline would bring dirty oil that requires huge amounts of energy to extract and could cause an ecological disaster in case of a spill.
TransCanada maintains that the project would create tens of thousands of jobs and would be built to strict environmental standards.
Hannah sat down on the pavement near the White House and refused orders from US Park Police to move.
She has been arrested in the past for environmental causes.

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