Conor Kennedy was arrested outside of the White House on Wednesday for protesting an oil pipeline.

Eighteen-year-old Kennedy, who dated Taylor Swift briefly in 2011, was joined by his father Robert F Kennedy Jr. and actress Daryl Hannah to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which they insist would ”boost carbon pollution by triggering a boom of growth in the tar sands industry in Canada, and greatly increasing greenhouse gas emissions”.

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Protestors handcuffed themselves to the White House gates in an “act of civil disobedience” before they were arrested and driven to a local police station.

They were released after paying a fine.

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Actress Daryl Hannah, also known as an enthusiastic environmentalist, was handcuffed and arrested during an oil pipeline protest just outside the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday (August 30).

Daryl was not alone. The 50 year-old and several other protesters sitting on the sidewalk were promptly arrested when they ignored the authorities’ request to move… three times!

The actress once said, “Sometimes it’s necessary to sacrifice your freedom for a greater freedom. And we want to be free from the horrible death and destruction that fossil fuels cause, and have a clean energy future.”

Daryl was previously arrested for stopping traffic by blocking a busy street during a protest over mining practices in West Virginia back in 2009 (photos here). Daryl is on a mission.

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Actress Daryl Hannah, NASA scientist James Hansen, Ken Hechler and other 27 other protesters against mountaintop removal mining were arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstruction and impeding traffic in West Virginia after blocking off a road leading to a coal processing plant on Tuesday (June 23).

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