Anti-Pipeline Activists Face Terrorism Charges for Rail Scheme

摘要

U.S. authorities in Seattle charged two people with terrorism, following an attack on train tracks, in an effort allegedly meant to interfere with construction of a natural gas pipeline across British Columbia, Canada.Samantha Frances Brooks, 27, and Ellen Brennan Reiche, 23, both of Bellingham, Wash., are accused of placing "shunts" on Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks. The devices can cause trains to automatically brake and can disable railroad crossing guards, investigators said in a complaint.Opponents of the 416-mile (670-km) Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project poses the possibility of damage to the environment and does not take the rights of First Nations people into consideration.