Protesters Take Over Keystone Pipeline Office in Texas

Engage in the ever-valuable tool of street theater

More than 100 blockaders stormed the lobby of TransCanada's Keystone XL office in Houston this morning. Protesters danced, spilled black 'tar sands' balloons and hung neon orange hazard tape to highlight the deadly effects of TransCanada's corporate greed on communities and ecosystems.

After being forced out of the lobby by police, the protesters gathered on the sidewalk and performed street theatre in which a "pipe dragon" puppet destroyed homes and poisoned water until being slain by knights representing the grassroots coalition of Tar Sands Blockade, Idle No More, Earth First and others.

(Hat tip to monocled Reason commenter Apatheist)