Occupy protests: Month 6
A Koch Industries spokesman told CBS Affiliate KWCH that the Koch Brothers - billionaires who have funded conservative protest movements - have no financial interest in the pipeline project.
Yvonne Cather of the Kansas chapter of the Sierra Club told KWCH that Koch has a history of being anti-environment, including denying climate change, and had funded groups that push its agenda.
Wichita, Kansas
Protesters gather during a march in downtown Wichita, Kansas Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 as part of "Occupy Koch Town."Boise, Idaho
David "Cricket" Powell holds an Occupy Boise protest sign at a rally of about 50 demonstrators celebrating what they deemed a victory Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, after a federal judge ruled the State temporarily cannot remove their encampment in Boise, Idaho.However, protesters will not be allowed to sleep overnight or cook at the former Ada County Courthouse grounds where the Occupy Boise movement has held vigil since last November.
Sacramento, Calif.
Members of a pro-white group protesting violence in South Africa against whites were met with counter-demonstrators from the Occupy movement, at the Capitol I nSacramento, Calif., Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. A clash erupted between law enforcement officers and Occupiers as authorities were escorting the group to a parking garage following their protest. Occupy members began throwing objects at the pro-white group. Two CHP officers were injured as they broke up the crowd. Four protesters were arrested.Sacramento, Calif.
A mounted California Highway Patrol Officer moves a member of the Occupy movement away from a pro-white group during a demonstration in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Feb. 27, 2012.Sacramento, Calif.
An Occupy protester is taken into custody by a pair of California Highway Patrol Officers following a clash between Occupy members and a pro-white group at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Feb. 27, 2012.Atlanta, Ga.
Former President Jimmy Carter smiles as his grandson, Georgia State Sen. Jason Carter, speaks during a Duke University event at the Carter Center in Atlanta Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.The former president said that Occupy organizers have created a "relatively successful" movement because they focused national discussion on wealth disparity despite lacking leadership and a unifying set of goals.
Norristown, Pa.
Congressional candidate and supporter of the Occupy movement Nathan I. Kleinman, accompanied by retired Philadelphia police captain Ray Lewis, speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in Norristown, Pa.Kleinman is challenging Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District race. Lewis was arrested in uniform during an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York last year.
Madrid, Spain
A demonstrator wearing the Guy Fawkes mask popularized by the Occupy movement displays a banner during a demonstration at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, February 21, 2012.The demonstrators - a mix of students and adults - stood quietly at the gates of the Instituto Lluis Vives opposite the main train station, protesting education spending cuts and police violence, a day after baton-wielding riot police charged another protest.
London, England
A bailiff is pulled from a makeshift barricade at the Occupy protest camp outside Saint Paul's Cathedral in central London, early on February 28, 2012, as police and bailiffs evict demonstrators. Police and bailiffs moved to dismantle the anti-capitalist camp which sprang up outside London's St Paul's Cathedral in October last year, according to the City's local authority.London, England
A demonstrator watches as bailiffs, with the police as backup, move in to begin clearing the Occupy protest camp from outside St Paul's cathedral on February 28, 2012 in London, England. Set up outside the Cathedral in October to protest against capitalism, the activists lost their fight against eviction in the High Court last week.London, England
Police remove members of the Occupy protest movement from the steps of St Paul's Cathedral on February 28, 2012 in London, England. Camped outside the Cathedral since last Fall to protest against capitalism, the activists lost their fight against eviction in the High Court last week.London, England
Tents are cleared away from the Occupy protest camp outside Saint Paul's Cathedral in central London, early on February 28, 2012, as police and bailiffs evict demonstrators.Tacoma, Wash.
Two residents of the Occupy Tacoma encampment hold an eviction notice from the Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. Members of the group had officials from WSDOT and the Washington State Patrol sign the notice with messages of well wishes as a sign of their cooperation with the orders to vacate the property.The group was one of the last Occupy Wall Street movement groups nationwide to maintain a physical location.
Tacoma, Wash.
As a Washington Dept. of Transportation worker looks on at left, Ravin Stepish, center, and his wife, Thorn Stepish, carry their belongings, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, as they leave the Occupy Tacoma, Wash. encampment, after officials served an eviction notice last week and erected a fence around the property.The Occupy Tacoma movement was one of only a few spin-offs of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement that had remained in a physical encampment. The Stepishes said they were going to make their way to the Occupy San Diego encampment and join that group.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
A protest organized by Occupy Pittsburgh gathers outside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, where a public hearing was held on proposed fare increases and service reductions by the Port Authority of Allegheny County, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012.New York, N.Y.
Protesters demonstrate in front of a Wells Fargo bank branch during an Occupy Wall Street "Shut Down the Corporations" protest on February 29, 2012 in New York City. Occupy movements across the country are planning protests in dozens of cities against corporate power.New York, N.Y.
Protesters demonstrate outside Pfizer Headquarters during an Occupy Wall Street "Shut Down the Corporations" protest on February 29, 2012 in New York.New York, N.Y.
Protesters demonstrate outside Pfizer Headquarters during an Occupy Wall Street "Shut Down the Corporations" protest on February 29, 2012 in New York.Portland, Ore.
Occupy Portland demonstrators march through the streets of downtown, Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The protesters said the march was aimed at the nonviolent disruption of businesses. The crowd numbered about 500 and appeared to be no more than a third the size of a similar rally in November. There were no immediate reports of arrests or violent clashes.San Francisco, Calif.
Demonstrators protest state budget cuts to education at the California State Office Building Thursday, March 1, 2012, in San Francisco. A coalition of student and labor groups called ReFund California organized protest actions on about 30 University of California, California State University and community college campuses. The campus rallies are a prelude to a major "Occupy the Capitol" march and rally in Sacramento on Monday, March 5.Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson Police officers arrive to evict Occupy Tucson protesters camped just outside De Anza Park, Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz.Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson Police officers arrest a woman outside her tent while officers evicted Occupy Tucson protesters camped just outside De Anza Park Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz.Nashville, Tenn.
Bobby Johnston, of Greenville, S.C., reads a "no camping" notice on Legislative Plaza on Friday, March 2, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn.Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill Friday aimed at evicting Occupy
Duluth, Minn.
A member of the Supreme White Alliance is screamed at by a member of the Occupy Duluth movement during a rally at the Civic Center Plaza, Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Duluth, Minn.A small rally by a white-supremacist group in Duluth dispersed after about 8 members were confronted by as many as 200 counter-protesters.