Reuters is reporting: police arrest more than 200 at Chevron refinery protest --
Police arrested more
than 200 demonstrators for trespassing at Chevron Corp
in the California city of Richmond on Saturday to mark the
one-year anniversary of a massive refinery fire and to protest a
proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
The arrests came as a throng of sunflower-carrying picketers
chanted, "Hey hey, ho ho, fossil fuels have got to go," as
people of all ages walked onto Chevron's property to draw
attention to a growing movement against fossil fuel.
Police Captain Mark Gagan said the arrests, all peaceful,
included three people in wheelchairs and demonstrators as young
as 18 years old. Media reports said most of those arrested were
cited and released.
Environmentalist Bill McKibben, who is leading a call for
using only renewable energy, was one of the first to be
handcuffed. He had earlier joined Richmond Mayor Gayle
McLaughlin in a rally, one in a series across the nation over
the environmental consequences of continuing to burn oil and to
protest TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL
pipeline.
Note Bill "Keystone" McKibben presence. I assume he flew in by jet.
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