Marching for the environment

Marching down the Pacific Coast Highway on the Alameda Street overpass, Native American leaders Grey Wolf, Shannon Rivers and Oslo Chiowani lead thousands of community members and activists to the Tesoro refinery in Wilmington Saturday. Tesoro is one of the largest independent refineries and marketers of petroleum products. The purpose of the march was to promote environmental awareness and clean energy in Wilmington, a neighborhood in Los Angeles with five oil refineries in nine square miles./ photo by Taylor Griffith
Marching down the Pacific Coast Highway on the Alameda Street overpass, Native American leaders Grey Wolf, Shannon Rivers and Oslo Chiowani lead thousands of community members and activists to the Tesoro refinery in Wilmington Saturday. Tesoro is one of the largest independent refineries and marketers of petroleum products. The purpose of the march was to promote environmental awareness and clean energy in Wilmington, a neighborhood in Los Angeles with five oil refineries in nine square miles. / photo by Taylor Griffith
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