{"id":15452,"date":"2018-03-20T18:57:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T18:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=15452"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:56:23","slug":"in-photos-activists-put-their-bodies-on-the-line-to-stop-a-destructive-oil-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/15452\/in-photos-activists-put-their-bodies-on-the-line-to-stop-a-destructive-oil-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: activists put their bodies on the line to stop a destructive oil pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Left: Rex Weyler, one of the founders of Greenpeace, joins an Indigenous-led blockade of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline construction site in British Columbia, Canada. Right: Melina Laboucan Massimo at the 10,000-person march in resistance to the same pipeline.<\/p><\/div>\n

If a giant oil company threatened to build a dangerous pipeline through your backyard, what would you do? For these activists, the answer was simple \u2014 take action to stop it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday, ten activists peacefully blocked the entrance to a Kinder Morgan construction site in Coast Salish territory near Vancouver, Canada for several hours. Their bold action further delayed the construction of a <\/span>tar sands oil pipeline<\/span><\/a> that would violate Indigenous rights, threaten clean air and water for thousands of people, and contribute to global climate change. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The singing has begun. They\u2019re walking past the watch house and toward the terminal. #stopkm<\/a> #protecttheinlet<\/a> #kindermorgan<\/a> #tranmountain<\/a> #burnaby<\/a> #vanpoli<\/a> #bcpoli<\/a> #cdnpoli<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CV9YJoHOo1<\/a><\/p>\n

— Lauren Boothby (@laurby) March 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n