Tar Sands Blockade has taken numerous direct actions against the toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. We’ve also taken part in actions organized by/with other groups, and we’ve seen other grassroots direct action campaigns against KXL form. Here’s a chronology of some of the highlights:
AUGUST 2012
Aug 16 – Keystone XL Construction Begins, Met By Day of Action Across Texas and Oklahoma
Aug 28 - Seven Arrested for Blockading KXL Pipe Truck in Livingston, TX (Action Video)
SEPTEMBER 2012
Sept 5 - Three Blockaders Lock Themselves to KXL Heavy Machinery in Saltillo, TX
Sept 19 – Five Blockaders Arrested for Stopping Work at KXL Construction Site Winnsboro, TX
Sept 24 - Eight People Climb Trees And Start Indefinite Tree Sit to Stop Keystone XL
Sept 25 – Benjamin and Shannon Lock Themselves to KXL Machinery to Defend Tree Blockade
Sept 25 - TransCanada Actively Encouraged Torture Tactics to Be Used on Peaceful Protestors
Sept 27 – TransCanada Worker Attempts to Drop Tree on Peaceful Blockader
OCTOBER 2012
Oct 1 – Winnsboro Tree Blockade Weathers an Intense Week
Oct 1 - Blockader Locks Himself to Underground Capsule in Path of KXL to Protect Family Farm
Oct 2 - Texan Climbs 40 Foot Pole in Path of Keystone XL Clear Cut to Defend Tree Blockade + (Action Video)
Oct 4 – Maggie Arrested After Sitting On a 40 Foot Pole to Delay KXL Clear-Cutting for Two Entire Days
Oct 4 – Daryl Hannah and Eleanor Fairchild a 78 Year Old Landowner Arrested for “Trespassing” on Her Farm
Oct 5 – Over 50 Organizations Sign Letter of Solidarity with Tar Sands Blockade + Denounce Police Brutality
Oct 9 - Two Freelance Journalists Arrested While Reporting on Tree Blockade
Oct 11- Texas Man Climbs Tree in Nature Preserve in Path to Stop KXL
Oct 11 – Police Paid by TransCanada Detain New York Times Journalists on Private Property
Oct 15 - Mass Action: Over 50 Enter Tree Blockade in Defiance of Police Repression to Defend Tree-Sitters
Oct 24 - Cherri Foytlin, Gulf Coast Oilfield Wife and Mother, Chains Self to KXL Pipeyard Gate
Oct 24 - Winnsboro Tree Blockade Sustains an Entire Month of Resistance + Two More Join Blockade
Oct 31 - Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party Pres. Candidate Arrested for Resupplying Winnsboro Tree Blockade
Oct 31 - Two Arrested for Delaying KXL Construction With a New Tree Blockade in Sacul, Texas
NOVEMBER 2012
Nov 15 – Over 40 Solidarity Actions Launch Worldwide to Defend Climate Change + More Solidarity Actions
Nov 25 – Welcome to Manchester, a Houston Neighborhood Living in the Shadow of Valero
Dec 3 – Three People Barricade Themselves Inside Keystone XL Pipe To Halt Construction
Dec 9 – Houston Hunger Strike Marks 11 Days
Dec 11 – Judge Halts Construction of KXL On Landowner’s Renewable Biofuels Farm
Dec 27 - Manchester Community Puts New Demands on Valero, Hunger Strike Marks 29 Days
JANUARY 2013
Jan 7 - Mass Action: Over 100 People Storm TransCanada and KXL Offices in Houston
Jan 10 – Rally with Indigenous Leaders on the KXL Easement in Oklahoma
Jan 14 – Diboll, Texas Tree Blockade Continues to Halt Construction in Angelina County
Jan 15 – Bob and Diane Announce End to Hunger Strike on 45th Day
Jan 24 – Statement of Solidarity With Worldwide Tar Sands Resistance + Actions in the Northeast
Jan 31 – Blockader Disrupts Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference
FEBRUARY 2013
Feb 4 – Norman, Oklahoma Resident Elizabeth Leja Locks Her Neck to KXL Machinery in Oklahoma (Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance)
Feb 11 – Lifelong Oklahoman Youth Pastor Suspended and Locked to KXL Machinery (Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance)
Feb 12 – 48 Arrested at White House Fence In Opposition to Keystone XL
Feb 17 – Forward on Climate Rally in DC: Voices of Resistance: Four Women Tell Why They’re Rallying in D.C.
Feb 19 – Ohio Residents Shut Down a Frack Waste Storage Facility in Ohio with Monopod and Banner Drops
Feb 28 - Activist Disrupts TransCanada Presentation At Industry Marketing Conference
MARCH 2013
March 7-9 – “Moccasins on the Ground” training to Protect Sacred Water in South Dakota
March 11 - Over 100 Hold a “Funeral For Our Future” at TransCanada Office Outside Boston (Tar Sands Action)
March 16-23 - Stop Tar Sands Profiteers Week of Action a Huge Success with 55 Actions Across the Continent!
March 16, 17 - Week of Action Kicks Off With Creativity Across The Country
March 18 - Blockades and Bikes From Coast to Coast
March 19 - TD Bank Slammed as Tar Sands Profiteer
March 20 - TransCanada Office Shut Down – Big Banks Called Out For Bankrolling Coal & KXL
March 21 - Twenty Arrested at Two Separate KXL Protests in DC - Hundreds March with Idle No More in Seattle
March 22 - Asheville Protesters Shut Down TD Bank, Four Arrested. Two arrested at TC office in Westborough
March 23 - Over 60 People Blockade Chevron Tar Sands Refinery in Utah — NYC and DC Call Out TD Bank
March 27 – Activist Climbs Flagpole Outside LyondellBasell, Hangs Banner Denouncing Investment in Tar Sands
APRIL 2013
April 6 – Blockader Disrupts Valero-Sponsored Golf Tournament, Demands Accountability for Manchester
April 9 – Oklahoma Grandmother Locks Herself to KXL Heavy Machinery in Solidarity With Affected Arkansas Residents (Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance)
April 16 - Two Lifelong Oklahomans Halt Construction of Keystone XL Work Site (Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance)
April 22 - Activist Locks Himself to Keystone XL Heavy Machinery Launching a “Red River Showdown” Over KXL South (Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance)
April 25 - The “Red River Showdown” Continues! – Blockader Encases Arm in Concrete and Shuts Down Work on KXL (Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance)
April 29 - Two Texans Lock Down to Protect Cross Timbers from Tar Sands (Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance)
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