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9 Activists Arrested After Cutting Off Flow of Tar Sands Oil

HeadlineOct 12, 2016

Nine climate activists were arrested Tuesday for attempting to shut down all tar sands oil coming into the United States by manually turning off pipelines in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and Washington state. The group, which calls itself Climate Direct Action, said the action was in support of the call for International Days of Prayer and Action for Standing Rock. Pictures and videos of the action show them cutting chains and turning the manual safety valves to stop the flow of tar sands oil through the pipelines. We’ll go to Washington state for more on the action later in the broadcast.

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