Article 551JB US climate activists charged with 'terrorizing' lobbyist over plastic pollution stunt

US climate activists charged with 'terrorizing' lobbyist over plastic pollution stunt

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Emily Holden in Washington
from Environment | The Guardian on (#551JB)

Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh face up to 15 years in prison after delivering box of plastic pellets found as pollution

Environmental activists opposing a plastics manufacturing facility in Louisiana have been booked with a felony for terrorizing" an oil and gas lobbyist by delivering a box of plastic pellets found as pollution in bays on the Texas coast.

Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh, with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, turned themselves into the Baton Rouge police department on Thursday, as first reported by the Times-Picayune.

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