Time Out from Holiday Rush for Protest in Portland

Time Out from Holiday Rush for Protest in Portland PORTLAND, Maine – While many people have been out holiday shopping this week, some local college students have been protesting a major bank's investment in the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project. Ester Topolarova, an organizer for Maine Students for Climate Justice, was among the 35 college students and supporters who occupied the TD Bank in Portland for about a half-hour on Monday. Topolarova says the students carried a long, symbolic pipeline, representing TD Bank's loan of $365 million to construct the real pipeline. ...(Read More)