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The disruption
came during a game between the Carolina Panthers and the
Indianapolis Colts at the Bank of America stadium in Charlotte,
N.C., which was telecast live on the popular Monday Night
Football show on the ESPN cable network.
The two protesters unfurled a large banner reading "BoA: Dump
Dominion," referring to Bank of America and Dominion North
Carolina Power, which is developing a liquefied natural gas
plant in Maryland.
After dangling from the upper deck for awhile the came down and
were promptly arrested.
In a lengthy online statement, the group staging the protest,
"We Are Cove Point," said Dominion Point Cove would be "the
fourth largest climate polluter in Maryland" and "the first
liquefied natural gas export facility in the world to be built
in a residential neighborhood."
The group said Bank of America was a "major financer" of the
facility. In June a federal appellate court denied a request to
stop construction of the Maryland liquefied natural gas export
terminal until a legal challenge against the project is
resolved.
Neither Bank of American nor Dominion could be reached for
comment. The Panthers won the game, 29-26.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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