McKibben would go to jail to oppose pipeline

Posted on August 18, 2011 |

• Middlebury
• Bill McKibben
• environment

By Ian Trombulak

MIDDLEBURY — Bill McKibben doesn’t make a habit of getting arrested, but for the right cause he won’t hesitate to do so.

Apparently, stopping the proposed 1,700-mile pipeline that would pump oil from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, to oil refineries in Texas is one such cause.

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