The National Mall in Washington was packed with anti - climate change protesters Sunday . Demonstrators were lobbying for President Obama to step up against environmental threats . The proposed Keystone Energy pipeline from Texas to the Gulf is a major topic of conflict . The Obama administration rejected the initial proposal from the Canadian energy company TransCanada , saying it needed more time to gauge the potential environmental impact of the project . Pipeline companies say the intervention is a bad idea , both pragmatically and politically .
The National Mall in Washington was packed with anti - climate change protesters Sunday . Demonstrators were lobbying for President Obama to step up against environmental threats . The proposed Keystone Energy pipeline from Texas to the Gulf is a major topic of conflict . Pipeline companies say the intervention is a bad idea , both pragmatically and politically .