The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday closed part of the Houston Ship Channel to vess...
HOUSTON - The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday closed part of the Houston Ship Channel to vessel traffic near Baytown, Texas, after 22 Greenpeace USA protesters suspended themselves by cables over the key oil export waterway.
The protest came hours ahead of a planned debate in Houston by 10 Democratic White House contenders that has drawn national media to the fourth-largest U.S. city. “We’re in the heart of the fossil fuel industry to confront Trump & the oil industry,” one tweet said. “It is time to end the age of oil,” said another.
Operations were normal at the plant on Thursday, said Exxon spokesman Jeremy Eikenberry. The refinery is the fourth-largest in the United States and Exxon’s largest in the country.
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