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Daryl Hannah Arrested After Protesting $7 Billion Oil Pipeline

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"Kill Bill" actress Daryl Hannah, 51, was arrested (again) Thursday for protesting the creation of an oil pipeline in Texas designed to bring crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

The actress, along with landowner Eleanor Fairchild, 78, were standing in front of heavy equipment in an attempt to halt construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on Fairchild's farm in Winnsboro, a town about 100 miles east of Dallas, reports AP.

The actress was charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest, paying a $1,000 and a $3,000 bond, respectively.

"It is unfortunate Ms. Hannah and other out-of-state activists have chosen to break the law by illegally trespassing on private property," David Dodson, a spokesman for TransCanada Corp., told the AP, adding they were "putting their own safety and the safety of others at risk."

After being released around midnight Thursday, Hannah told KLTV:

"I was peacefully protesting the unwanted advances of Trans Canada on Eleanor Fairchild's land. She has stated very clearly that she doesn't want them there and they insist on bullying her and taking away her land through eminent domain ... We just sort of stood in front of them and held our hands in a stop motion. I'm holding my wrist because there was this private security guard hired by TransCanada and he injured my wrist."

Hannah's manager, Paul Bassis, added, "The streets of Winnsboro will be much safer tonight now that they've gotten that 78-year-old great grandmother off the streets."

Hannah was also arrested in August 2011 while protesting a pipeline in Washington. 

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