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According to the magazine, Stefan Warner and Moriah Stephenson, both members of an environmental organization called Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, were part of a larger group of about 12 activists demonstrating at Devon Tower, HQ of Devon Energy, one of the largest U.S.-based independent natural gas and oil producers.
'The substance was later determined to be glitter'
The protestors were opposing the company's use of fracking and its role in the mining of Canada's tar sands, as well as the firm's ties to TransCanada, the energy company planning the Keystone XL pipeline. As reported by Mother Jones, "As other activists blocked the building's revolving door, Warner and Stephenson hung two banners – one a cranberry-colored sheet emblazoned with The Hunger Games 'mockingjay' symbol and the words 'The odds are never in our favor' in gold letters – from the second floor of the Devon Tower's atrium."
Soon after, responding police arrested Warner and Stephenson, as well as two other protestors. The latter two activists were charged with trespassing, but Warner and Stephenson were nailed with additional charges – staging a phony bioterrorist attack, a charge that, if convicted, carries a prison term of 10 years in Oklahoma.
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