Gwen attempts to stop the KeystoneXL pipeline, 2013 April, chained to equipment - civil disobedience in Oklahoma

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Comment by Tony Nuspl on July 8, 2013 at 12:34pm

Women Cement Selves To Ground In Protest Of Keystone Pipeline
Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:18 AM EST Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:27 PM EST

By Matthew Nuttle, News9.com

 

HOLDENVILLE, Oklahoma - Two women protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline have found a "solid" way to halt construction work.

Holdenville Police say the women cemented themselves to the ground in the area of the pipeline's construction site.

According to the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance (GPTSR) website, the two women are members of the Cross Timbers Earth First protest group. The women walked on to the construction site early Tuesday morning and locked their arms into concrete-filled barrels in an effort to stop progress on the pipeline.

Both women were extracted shortly after 9 a.m. and were taken into police custody. The GPTSR website identified the women as "Holly" and "Bailey" but did not mention last names.

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Comment by Tony Nuspl on May 14, 2013 at 9:31pm

Oklahoma City man arrested after pipeline protest

Oklahoma City resident Bob Waldrop, 60, was arrested for blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in Hughes County.

By Jay F. Marks | Published: May 13, 2013

WEWOKA — An Oklahoma City man was arrested Monday after he locked himself to a piece of construction equipment to protest the Keystone XL pipeline.

Bob Waldrop, 60, chose to unlock himself shortly after Holdenville firefighters arrived on the scene. Organizers said he was concerned about his own safety as firefighters tried to remove him.

Waldrop subsequently was released from the Hughes County Jail after posting $250 bail.

“All farmers know that if you don't take care of your land, your land can't take care of you. And I'm here today because this pipeline is an enormous attack on the land,” he said, in a statement posted on the website of environmental group Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance. “Here in Oklahoma and all the way up the Great Plains and into Canada giant earth-moving machines are destroying ecosystems.

Waldrop is one of more than a dozen people arrested in Oklahoma over the past few weeks while protesting the Gulf Coast Pipeline Project, a part of the Keystone XL that will transport oil from the storage hub at Cushing to refineries in the Houston area.

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