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March 11, 2025

Climate Activists Arrested in Protest of Houston Energy Conference
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In Houston, Texas, police arrested eight climate activists Monday as
they held a nonviolent protest and briefly blocked a street near the
CERAWeek Energy Conference. Protesters demanded an end to oil and gas
drilling and limits on petrochemical and plastics production. Inside the
conference, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that climate change was a
"side effect of building the modern world." Wright said oil, gas, coal
and nuclear power are essential, and he promoted a proposed $44 billion,
800-mile pipeline to carry natural gas from the Arctic Circle to
Alaska's southern coast, where it would be liquefied for export.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "During the last administration, there
were far more restrictions on Alaska producing oil, gas and minerals
than there were on Iran. We've sanctioned Alaska more than we've
sanctioned Iran. So, that, of course, is just nuts."



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