FANG Tree Sit Halts Construction of Spectra Pipeline, Met with Chainsaws and K-9 Units

from Earth First! Newswire

According to the group anti-gas group FANG (Fighting Against Natural Gas), “This morning FANG co-founder Sherrie Anne Andre launched a tree-sit to prevent construction of Spectra’s fracked-gas pipeline expansion.



The 60 foot high tree-sit is located just yards away from a fracked-gas compressor station in Burrillville, Rhode Island that Spectra wants to nearly double in size.



Sherrie is planning on holding the sit indefinitely.”



At about 1 PM, FANG sent out an update:

“State and local police have forcibly, and unnecessarily removed Sherrie from the tree-sit in Burrillville. Police used chainsaws, fire trucks and bucket trucks to remove her. The police also brought K-9 units onto the scene.