Bills offer punishments of heavy fines, prison time for protesters

OKLAHOMA CITY — The monthslong resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline influenced a new law targeting similar protests in Oklahoma.

In January, a coalition of Native American and environmental activists said they planned to block the proposed Diamond Pipeline, a $900 million project that will carry crude oil from the Cushing refinery hub toward Tennessee.

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