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August 30, 2016

10 People Arrested Protesting Spectra Pipelines in MA and NY
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Meanwhile, protests are also continuing against oil and gas pipelines in
the Eastern United States. On Monday, two activists were arrested in
West Roxbury, Massachusetts, after they locked themselves to cars to
protest the construction of the Spectra Energy gas pipeline. In New York
City, eight people were arrested blockading the doors of National Grid
to protest the electric company's support for the Spectra Energy's AIM
pipeline, which is slated to run only hundreds of feet from the aging
Indian Point nuclear power plant. This is Alexandra Zevin speaking to
Democracy Now! as she is getting arrested.

Alexandra Zevin: "We're worried about the dangers of the pipelines,
especially near the nuclear power plant, which is ridiculous. Why should
New York state residents take all the risk, and that corporation go off
with all the money? It's ridiculous. We need solar energy. We need wind
power."

The growing protests against oil and gas pipelines come as NASA's top
climate scientist, Gavin Schmidt, is warning the Earth is warming at an
"exceptional" rate that is "unprecedented in 1,000 years."


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