Crime of the Century TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline through Oklahoma and Texas

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Comment by Tony Nuspl on February 6, 2013 at 10:09pm

Protest Postpones Work On Keystone Pipeline Project In Okfuskee County

CUSHING, Oklahoma -

An early morning protest on Monday shut down work on the Keystone XL Pipeline in Okfuskee County after a group entered a worksite before crews arrived. One woman's actions landed her behind bars at the Okfuskee County Jail.

Construction crews showed up to work on the Keystone Pipeline Gulf Coast Project only to find a group of men, women and children standing in their way. Elizabeth Leja actually chained herself to an excavator.

"We had two bicycle chains and I had a bicycle chain around my neck and it was attached to the other bicycle chain was attached to a big tractor," Leja explained.

Leja was arrested and taken to jail after the incident. She posted bail late Monday afternoon and told News 9 she was proud of what she did to shine a light on the problems she has with Keystone XL Pipeline coming through Oklahoma.

Leja and the others said they worried the pipe could leak tar sands into Oklahoma's waterways and reservoirs. They pointed to a disaster in the Kalamazoo River in Michigan where a pipeline cracked, then spewed the thick tar sands into the water. The cleanup process was slow and difficult because the tar sands sunk to the bottom of the river. The pipeline has some people like Elizabeth Leja worried about the "what-ifs" and how it could impact Oklahomans if something were to go wrong.

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