Thursday, September 27, 2012

Texas Tar Sands Tree-Sit Launches to Halt Keystone XL Indefinitely

Truthout: Shannon Bebe and Benjamin Franklin locked themselves to construction equipment working nearly 300 yards away from a tree village blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. (Photo: Tar Sands Blockade) I've known some of the sitters for years. We started off organizing small rallies and protests at the University of North Texas - the usual, a forum here, a documentary screening there. Now some of my best friends are sitting in trees to halt construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in Winnsboro,...

URL: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11797-texas-tar-sands-tree-sit-launches-to-halt-keystone-xl-indefinitely
Enclosure: http://truth-out.org/images/092612tar_.jpg

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