Six Environmental Activists Are Sentenced
From Times Wire Reports
Six Greenpeace activists were sentenced in Pittsburgh to jail terms ranging from five to 30 days for climbing a smokestack at a power plant in protest of President Bush’s energy policy.
The protesters cut a hole in a fence that surrounds Allegheny Energy’s Hatfield Ferry Power Station, then climbed the 700-foot smokestack and unfurled a large protest banner.
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