Huge Crowd Protests Tar Sands Pipeline in Portland

Posted by Unknown at 3:22 PM Monday, January 28, 2013 Labels:
More than 1,400 people marched from Monument Square to the Maine State Pier to protest the possible use of the Portland-to-Montreal oil pipeline to transport tar sands crude oil to Casco Bay.

Exxon-Mobil wants to pump tar sands oil across New England through a 62 year old pipeline that wasn't designed for the corrosive nature of tar sands. 


Click through to read the rest of the story and to see a short video and photos from the event. 

[Portland Press Herald]


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