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December 4, 2012

Environmental Activists Chain Themselves Inside Keystone Pipeline 
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Three environmental activists were arrested in Texas on Monday after
engaging in what organizers called an unprecedented action against the
controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, locking themselves inside a
section of the pipeline itself. Two members of the Tar Sands Blockade
chained themselves between barrels of concrete in a pipe segment waiting
to be placed underground in East Texas along the pipeline's southern
leg. Construction was halted until the activists were removed and
arrested after several hours inside. Their action comes one week after
two other activists began a hunger strike following their arrest for
protesting the pipeline. President Obama is set to decide on the
Keystone XL in the coming months after delaying a move until after the
2012 elections.

 

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