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Tar Sands Blockade: Construction Halted As Protestors Face Arrests, Tear Gas
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/19-2
Nine protestors were arrested after construction was successfully halted by Tar Sands Blockade. (Photo by Tar Sands Blockade)
One day after thousands marched on the White House to protest the expansion of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, activists on the front lines in Texas faced pepper spray and arrests Monday as they blocked pipeline construction.
According to nonviolent coalition Tar Sands Blockade, officers from the Cherokee County Sheriff's office are attempting to remove three tree sitters who formed a new blockade along the Angelina River by "suspending themselves from 50 foot pine trees with life lines anchored to heavy machinery, effectively blocking the entirety of Keystone XL’s path."
