SPECIAL FEATURES:
Email
Daryl Hannah arrested protesting oil pipeline
Actress is taken into custody along with landowner Eleanor Fairchild after they stood in the way of heavy equipment being used to build the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Fri, Oct 05 2012 at 10:44 AM
Mugshots for Daryl Hannah and landowner Eleanor Fairchild. (Photos: Wood County Sheriff's Office)
For the second time in less than 16 months, Daryl Hannah has been arrested protesting the Keystone XL pipeline.
The $7 billion project, designed to transport heavy tar-sands crude oil from Alberta, Canada, to Texas' Gulf Coast refineries, is currently under construction in Texas. Under the direction of the Obama administration, the northern portion is being re-routed to avoid an environmentally sensitive area of Nebraska.
Hannah, 51, was in Winnsboro, Texas, on Oct. 4 to offer support for landowner Eleanor Fairchild, whose property was seized by eminent domain for the project.
According to sources, Hannah and Fairchild were forcibly removed by police after standing in the way of heavy equipment being used to build the pipeline.
“They were arrested for criminal trespassing and taken to the Wood County Jail, Paul Bassis, Hannah’s manager, told Bloomberg. Hannah also faces a charge of resisting arrest, according to jail records.
“I was peacefully protesting the unwanted advances of TransCanada on Eleanor Fairchild’s land,” Hannah told KLTV after being released from jail. “She has stated very clearly that she doesn’t want them there and they insist on bullying her and taking away her land through eminent domain.
“We just sort of stood in front of them and held our hands in a stop motion. I’m holding my wrist because there was this private security guard hired by TransCanada and he injured my wrist,” she added.
Hannah was last arrested in August 2011 after a sit-down protest of the Keystone in front of the White House.
“We cannot risk these precious resources and we cannot shackle ourselves to this type of destructive energy future when we have solutions available to us," Hannah earlier told ABC News. "We have American-made, American-grown, clean safe energy.”
Watch a video of the incident in Texas, courtesy of KLTV, below:
The opinions expressed by MNN Bloggers and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not reflect the opinions of MNN.com. While we have reviewed their content to make sure it complies with our Terms and Conditions, MNN is not responsible for the accuracy of any of their information.
You might also like:
Sign in with one of these accounts to add your comment.
EDITORS' PICKS
Advertisement
TODAY'S MOST POPULAR ON
- Henry Cavill's 'Man of Steel' workout video
- 13 natural remedies for the ant invasion
- Food fraud: 10 counterfeit products we commonly consume
- What a grocery store without bees looks like
- 7 surprising things Pope Francis has done in his first 100 days
- 10 false facts most people think are true
- 9 habits that may do more harm than good
- 5 ways to help our disappearing bees
- Watch: Sir David Attenborough deals with a band of cannibals the British way
- Obesity: It's officially a disease
From our sponsor
NEWSLETTER
ABOUT Michael d'Estries
Pop-culture expert covers green celebrities, arts & culture.
Advertisement
no pipe line in bc,coast line,period...
Did you know that it costs about $80 a barrel to produce a barrel of tar sands oil? Did you know that tar sands oil is sour, acid, and therefore sells at a $12 to $18 discount to West Texas Intermediate (what US oil prices are based on)? These two things mean that its worthless to make the stuff when oil prices are below $95/barrel. The whole venture collaspes if oil prices drop very much at all.
Many viewpoints about the general topic of fueling the USA.
I do wish moee effort was devoted to the MANY ways to reduce energy needs and consumption.
But, the entrenched wealth and power structures will force We, the People to follow the paths sending the maximum amount of national wealth into the hands of the few atop the socio-economic hierarchy.