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ashling

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Thu Apr 25, 2013, 09:20 PM Apr 2013

Climate Activist Buries Arm in Concrete Block to Halt Keystone XL [View all]

An innovative climate activist in Oklahoma temporarily shut down construction on the Keystone XL pipeline on Thursday morning after locking his arm into a concrete capsule buried directly in the pipeline’s path, according to the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance.

The man, 42-year-old Fitzgerald Scott, was extracted by emergency crews and taken into police custody.



http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/25-3

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Now THAT is dedication NoMoreWarNow Apr 2013 #1
What a brave man. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #2
Go "Occupy Everything" Scott!!!! juxtaposed Apr 2013 #3
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