Dangling protesters shut down Houston bridge ahead of Democratic presidential candidates debate

[TexasTowelie]

If a seven-hour televised forum on climate change is not enough to draw attention to the importance of the issue, perhaps activists hanging from a bridge will.

That seemed to be the thinking of nearly two dozen Greenpeace demonstrators Thursday as they forced the Houston Ship Channel to get partially shut down by suspending themselves from a side of the span to protest the use of fossil fuels.

The stunt, which prompted authorities to close at least two lanes of the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas, came hours ahead of the evening’s Democratic presidential candidates debate in nearby Houston.

At around 10 a.m. Central Time, Greenpeace USA tweeted a photo of the activists dangling alongside several colorful, fluttering banners with a caption that said:

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