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Greenpeace protesters who closed Houston Ship Channel face local, federal charges


September 14, 2019

Greenpeace USA activists who rappelled off the Fred Hartman Bridge near Baytown on Thursday, disrupting traffic there and on the Houston Ship Channel, are now facing local and federal charges. At the district level, 31 activists were each charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass and obstruction of a roadway as well as felony obstruction of critical infrastructure. Federal authorities said Friday that …

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