Biography
Climate and anti-extraction activist from Maryland affiliated with the SEED Coalition (Stopping Extraction and Exports Destruction). On February 3, 2015, Doyle and co-activist Carling Sothoron climbed a construction crane at the Dominion Resources Cove Point LNG export terminal on the Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland, hanging a banner opposing LNG exports and fracking in Maryland. Cove Point was one of the first East Coast LNG export terminals. The Calvert County Sheriff received $1.5 million annually from Dominion to fund deputies who provided security at the site — the same deputies who arrested her. Charged with criminal trespass, Doyle pleaded guilty in April 2015 and chose to serve 40 days at Calvert County Detention Center rather than accept probation, explaining she did not want conditions restricting her future protest activity. After her release, she filed a formal complaint alleging a deputy choked her during the crane arrest. Prosecutors then charged her with making a false statement to a police officer. She was found guilty at jury trial on May 27, 2016 and sentenced to an additional 15 days in jail (3 months with all but 15 suspended), 240 hours of community service, and 2 years supervised probation. Her total incarceration across both cases was approximately 55 days.
Heather Glasgow Doyle, age 35, of Albuquerque NM, Greenpeace 28 - September 2019 Houston Ship Channel bridge rappel.
