JNN 01 Nov 2012 Houston : Jill Stein, a presidential candidate from the Green Party, has been arrested in Texas while attempting to resupply protesters camping out in trees to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, according to anti-pipeline activists.

The 62-year-old third-party candidate, who is a physician by profession, was detained on Wednesday as she was attempting to deliver food to pro-environment protesters camping out to express opposition to the construction of a pipeline in the state.

She was reportedly handcuffed by the security guards working for TransCanada, the company in charge of the pipeline project, and handed over to the Texas police, who took her to jail on the charge of “criminal trespassing,” according to the website of an anti-pipeline activist group, Tar Sands Blockade.

Over the past 38 days, the opponents of the pipeline have camped out in the area, climbing the trees in the path of the Canada-built oil pipeline in Winnsboro, Texas, and effectively blocking the construction of the pipeline.

Tar Sands has been protesting against the costruction of the Keystone XL pipeline for the last month. However,  a spokesperson for TransCanada, the company in charge of the pipeline project, confirmed they are preparing to build around the existing blockade.

Stein’s official website states that the third-party candidate went to the blockade protest site to address the important issue of climate change.

“Everyone needs to step up resistance to climate-killing emissions. Romney and Obama are only talking about the symptoms of climate change in terms of destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy; the blockaders are addressing the cause,” Stein said in a statement posted on her site.

Prior to her arrest, Stein further emphasized in a statement that “the climate is taking this election by storm, breaking the silence of the Obama and Romney campaigns that have been bought and paid for by the oil, coal and gas companies.”

“Hurricane Sandy is just a taste of what’s to come under the climate destroying policies of Romney and Obama,” she added.

Earlier in October, Stein and her vice presidential running mate, Cheri honkala, were arrested by police when they attempted to enter the site of the exclusive second presidential debate between the candidates of Republican and Democratic political parties, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, respectively.

The two were protesting against the exclusion of all but the two major political parties from taking part in the debate.

The Green Party candidate and her vice presidential nominee were protesting the exclusion of all but the two dominant political parties from taking part in the nationally-televised debate.

The Tar Sands Blockade activists said she was released soon after being taken to the Wood County jail in Quitman, TX.

“Dr. Jill Stein has been released from Wood County Jail on a Class B Misdemeanor Criminal Trespass charge,” the group’s website stated.

Four third-party candidates, however, held their own presidential debate in a Chicago hotel on October 22, which was broadcast online and on a few cable channels.

This year in this US election about 8 Presidential Candidates are running for the Post of President of US , while 18 candidates have already withdrawn from the race of Presidency.