Emily Johnston, kayaktivist - “If everything goes as planned, this week I'll be committing a crime."

Update: 2015-06-15

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After a 25 year hiatus from activism, Emily Johnston decided to get arrested at the White House to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. She is now the communications director for 350Seattle, an organization fighting climate change. She drew international attention to that fight by helping organize the kayak protest against Shell Oil’s Arctic drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer, harbored in Seattle. This interview was recorded as she awaited word of the Polar Pioneer’s departure, as she and others planned to try and stop it through civil disobedience. Why? Well, listen to the podcast.

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Emily Johnston, kayaktivist - “If everything goes as planned, this week I'll be committing a crime."

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Emily Johnston, kayaktivist - “If everything goes as planned, this week I'll be committing a crime."

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Emily Johnston, kayaktivist - “If everything goes as planned, this week I'll be committing a crime."