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November 16, 2016

WA: Protesters Blockade Trains Carrying Fracking Materials to North Dakota
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Meanwhile, in Olympia, Washington, protesters have set up an ongoing
encampment called Olympia Stand to blockade trains carrying fracking
materials from the Port of Olympia to the Bakken oilfields in North
Dakota. The materials being transported by these trains are necessary to
extract North Dakota's fracked oil, which is then slated to be
transported to refineries through the contested Dakota Access pipeline.
The group Olympia Stand says the blockade is in solidarity with the
resistance at Standing Rock.
Topics:Fracking Natural Gas & Oil Drilling

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