Greenpeace Activists Taken Into Custody After 12-Hour Houston Bridge Protest
September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019
BAYTOWN, Texas, Sept. 12 -- Greenpeace issued the following news release:
Today, 22 Greenpeace USA climbers formed a blockade from the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas, shutting down the largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States ahead of the third Democratic primary debate in nearby Houston. They began at 6:30AM central time, and now, roughly an hour before the Democratic debate, 15 of them have been taken into police custody. Greenpeace does not yet know if there a . . .
Today, 22 Greenpeace USA climbers formed a blockade from the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas, shutting down the largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States ahead of the third Democratic primary debate in nearby Houston. They began at 6:30AM central time, and now, roughly an hour before the Democratic debate, 15 of them have been taken into police custody. Greenpeace does not yet know if there a . . .