Pipeline

Large Turnout, Opposition To Pipeline In Virginia

February 8, 2015 Bob Stuart, www.dailyprogress.com Organize! Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

VERONA -- It was not a true legal rezoning in Augusta County Wednesday night, but there was real and intense debate about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. A three-hour public hearing held by the county board of supervisors on the pipeline resulted in a full Augusta County Government Center, and a parade of both official and 40 citizen speakers. A crowd of 300 filled the government center to watch the hearing. Dominion Resources explained both the necessity and the value of the proposed natural gas pipeline, which will flow through 43 miles of Augusta County when complete. But many affected county residents and others offered their concerns about the project. They spoke of the project’s economic and environmental impact, including the possible pollution of water resources in Augusta County. Joan Geary, an Augusta County resident, said her family encountered problems with sinkholes when drilling a well on their farm. She thinks the pipeline would endanger the county’s water quality and also believes having the pipeline cross her property will devalue it.

New Coalition To Fight Bakken Pipeline

February 8, 2015 Staff, www.nobakken.com Organize! Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

Iowans from 20 groups representing landowners, community members, non-profits, and interest groups have joined together to stop the proposed Bakken pipeline. Representatives of the groups, which represent more than 10,000 people, held a press conference today in Des Moines at the Iowa Utilities Board to announce the launch of the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition. The Coalition is united to protect Iowa’s soil, water, communities, and the health of future generations by stopping the proposed Bakken crude oil pipeline. The controversial project would cross 18 of Iowa’s counties as well as major rivers, including the North Raccoon River, Des Moines River, South Skunk River and Mississippi River.

Rising Tide Disrupts Kinder Morgan’s Dinner

January 26, 2015 Rising Tide - Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories, www.facebook.com Resist! Environment, Kinder Morgan, Oil and Gas, Pipeline, Tar Sands

A group of demonstrators interrupted Kinder Morgan employees during their dinner at local seafood restaurant Fishworks to show them the real impacts the Trans Mountain expansion project will have on the province. “Every branch of Kinder Morgan needs to take responsibility for the company’s involvement in oil and gas expansion. The momentum built on Burnaby Mountain isn’t slowing down, and we want to make it clear that Kinder Morgan is involved not just in pipeline construction, but in other facets of fossil fuel transportation as well,” said Tamo Campos. The company plans to twin its existing Trans Mountain pipeline and triple its capacity, aiming to send 890,000 barrels of diluted bitumen to the coast every day. Drilling to determine whether the new pipeline would be built through Burnaby Mountain was met with strong resistance from both First Nations and settlers all over the Lower Mainland.

FERC Puts Stamp Of Approval On Algonquin Pipeline Expansion

January 24, 2015 Anne Meador, www.cetology.org Educate! Environment, FERC, Natural Gas, Pipeline

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a positive Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Algonquin Incremental Market project on January 23, 2015. The project includes 37.4 miles of natural gas pipeline in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. In 2013, FERC began evaluating Spectra Energy’s proposal which would increase pipeline capacity to deliver gas to New England markets and include a new crossing of the Hudson River. It would also modify six existing compressors and build three new metering and regulating stations. FERC Commissioners still have to make a final decision, but in recent years the agency has never failed to approve a major infrastructure project.

Newsletter: Protest Becomes More Sophisticated

December 20, 2014 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Fracking, Net Neutrality, Pipeline, police brutality, Racism

In the last few months multiple groups of people have been discussing how to escalate, link issues and build the protest movement's power even more. We have heard the same conversation in different circles multiple times. We have seen this before and know it means another big wave is coming. We want to alert you to it because to make it as impactful as possible, we all need to be prepared to do all we can. People across the country should be asking their friends and colleagues: what can we do to grow the movement for transformative change? In this week's newsletter, we are going to report on recent actions that show the movement getting more sophisticated, effective and organized. Before we do so, we want to let you know about a new tool that could be very helpful in building your actions and making them more effective.

Vermont Gas Pipeline Becoming Too Costly

December 19, 2014 Rising Tide Vermont, www.popularresistance.orgi Resist! Oil and Gas, Pipeline

Opponents of the project are also concerned about the vulnerability of rate-payers, who face higher rates due to increased project costs, and who will bear the pain of sky-rocketing increases in gas prices in the future. A coalition of landowners, rate-payers and climate justice advocates delivered a petition signed by over 500 rate-payers to the Public Service Board in July, calling on them to re-open the Phase 1 CPG in light of the first round of cost increases for the project. "We expect to hear shortly that Vermont Gas is pulling the plug on the entire project. It is clear as day that costs will continue to rise and that this project offers no benefit to Vermonters," Bennington added. "It is time for Vermont Gas, the Public Service Board and Governor Shumlin to cut their losses and put an end to this fossil fuel folly."

Despite Verdict, Rising Tide Commits To Stop Gas Pipeline

December 16, 2014 Rising Tide VT, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

A Chittenden County jury found Rising Tide activist Willy Levitt guilty of simple assault today, for his participation in a non-violent action against Vermont Gas Systems proposed fracked gas pipeline. Despite the verdict, Levitt and Rising Tide vowed to continue their efforts to stop the pipeline, which would continue Vermont's dependence on dirty fossil fuels “This was a politically motivated trial in which Vermont Gas attempted to discredit opposition to the fracked gas pipeline by trumping up allegations of violence that did not occur,” said Sara Mehalick, an organizer with Rising Tide Vermont who chained herself to the gas companies office in May. “We’re committed to continuing non-violent action to ensure just energy solutions and opposing the fracked gas pipeline”, said Mr. Levitt.

Multi-State Week Of Action Against Fracked-Gas Pipeline

December 10, 2014 Susan Van Dolsen, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Climate Change, FERC, Fracking, Pipeline

Grassroots groups from four states along the proposed route for Spectra’s Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline expansion, which cuts through New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, have joined together to host a coordinated “Week of Respect and Resistance”, with actions from December 13 – December 19 in opposition to the project. The actions are planned in anticipation of the release of the final Environmental Impact Statement by the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee due on or about December 19, 2014. The week of action will target local, state and federal legislators and government agencies – all of whom have direct roles or influence in the approval of the project. These actions will build on the numerous rallies, vigils, meetings and call-in campaigns that have been happening across the states for the past several months.

VT Governor Promises To Rebuild Trust With Landowners

November 15, 2014 Jane Palmer and Mary Martin, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Environment, Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

Ten homeowners in the path of the fracked gas pipeline held a meeting with Governor Peter Shumlin on Thursday in an attempt to achieve fairness and transparency while negotiating easements with Gaz Metro's Vermont Gas Systems. Landowners have become increasingly exasperated with the tactics VGS is using to procure easements, including non-responsiveness, contradictory statements, and threats. "Right of way agents are not following Vermont law in agency disclosure when negotiating easements for their client, Vermont Gas.” said Maren Vasatka, a homeowner from Monkton.“VGS has flat out refused changes we have requested to protect our property. Their response was that we can sue them."

Breaking: 63 Occupy Governor’s Office To Stop Pipeline

October 27, 2014 Rising Tide Vermont, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Environment, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

In light of the October 10th Public Service Board decision to not reevaluate the permits for a fracked gas pipeline, and Governor Peter Shumlin’s continued support of the project, over 60 Vermonters are currently sitting in inside the governor's office building while hundreds rally outside. “We are fed up with a broken, unaccountable, and biased process that is ignoring the clear and present danger of expanding fossil fuel infrastructure so that Gaz Metro and International Paper can increase their profit margins,” said Jane Palmer, a landowner in Monkton along the Phase 1 pipeline route. “The Shumlin administration is ignoring the thousands of Vermonters, including impacted landowners and over 500 ratepayers, who know we can’t afford this project.”

Landowners Move Ahead Without Governor, Adopt Mutual Aid

October 23, 2014 Rebecca Foster, www.popularresistance.org Organize! Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

“After observing how the Public Service Board and Department of Public Service have handled landowners’ legitimate concerns about Phase I of the project and the construction cost overruns, we think it’s obvious that landowners have no real rights at any stage of the process,” said Barbara Wilson, a landowner in Shoreham. “VGS is not held accountable for the accuracy of what they say or for how they treat landowners. They are no better than snake oil salesmen, promising cures and benefits that do not exist from their fracked gas potion. Their proposed easement terms do not in any way provide reasonable protections for landowners.” It’s a one-sided process at every turn, say landowners. “ANR approves a soil management plan that employs dubious methodologies and a lab that isn’t fully accredited to test for contaminants that were found on the pipeline route,” said Melanie Peyser of Monkton, describing a relentless succession of the state’s alarming disregard for landowners’ concerns.

Coalition Condemns Pipeline Decision, Calls For Massive Sit-In

October 10, 2014 Will Bennington, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Environment, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

"We've reached the end of our rope with Vermont’s broken utility regulatory process," said Jane Palmer, a small farmer and landowner in Monkton, who has been involved in a legal battle with Vermont Gas for over two years to keep the pipeline off her property and out of the state, "The Board is ignoring the facts. The whole process is broken and rigged to get Vermont Gas the result it wants. The Board is giving Vermont Gas carte blanche to do and spend whatever they want, while ignoring the concerns of the larger community." The PSB, which previously approved the gas pipeline despite thousands of comments it received in opposition, was deciding whether to reevaluate the Certificate of Public Good, given recent cost overruns and mismanagement on behalf of Vermont Gas.

State Department Takes Illegal Action To Support KXL Pipeline

September 18, 2014 Lisa Song, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Keystone XL, Oil, Pipeline, State Department

A Canadian pipeline company's plan to bring more tar sands oil into the United States without waiting for a federal permit is drawing resistance from environmentalists who say it's skirting the law. Last week, 18 green groups sent a letter to the U.S. State Department asking the agency to "take immediate action to halt this illegal increase in tar sands crude oil imports until it completes its ongoing environmental review." Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) expressed similar concerns in a separate letter to the agency. The issue highlights uncertainties in the way international pipelines are regulated, and the growing opposition to tar sands oil, which releases 17 percent more greenhouse gases than conventional crude and is harder to clean up when it spills into water. The pipeline in question is the Enbridge-owned Alberta Clipper. It delivers 450,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Hardisty, Alberta, to Superior, Wisconsin, where it's shipped through other pipelines to refineries in the Midwest and South. The Alberta Clipper carries the same type of oil that would flow through the proposed Keystone XL.

Man Uses Wheelchair To Protest Enbridge

September 8, 2014 Frank Peebles, www.princegeorgecitizen.com Resist! Civil Disobedience, Disabilities, Enbridge, Pipeline, Protest

A Toronto man is wheeling his way along the general route of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project, and halted Prince George traffic as he did so. David Clow, a C6 quadriplegic, deliberately held up the travelling lanes on Victoria Street, Tuesday morning. At each set of traffic lights he tarried long after the light turned green in order to stack up vehicles behind him by the time he had gone a few blocks through the downtown. It was an act of civil disobedience aimed at causing unexpected awareness about the message on the back of his wheelchair: opposition to the pipeline. Imagine how inconvenienced you'd feel, he said, if the pipeline ever leaked, or worse. "Northern Gateway is such a risk," he said. "That risk is being put on the environment of this area, and the people of this area, and whatever jobs they're talking about just doesn't add up to accepting that risk." Within days of passing through previous towns in Alberta, existing pipelines did rupture, he said, sending him even more momentum to carry on his difficult journey. He attended a Tar Sands Healing Walk in June in the Fort McMurray area and was embraced so movingly by the resident aboriginal people for wheeling those 14 kilometres that he was seized by the idea of the Enbridge route - a distance 10 times that distance. He is now approximately two-thirds of the way to Kitimat where the proposed pipeline would end.

Willie Nelson, Neil Young To Play Anti-KXL Concert

August 21, 2014 Nicholas Bergin, www.westcoastnativenews.com Create! Music, Nebraska, Pipeline

Music legends Neil Young and Willie Nelson will perform a benefit concert Saturday, Sept. 27 on a farm near Neligh that is on the route of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and also crosses the historic Ponca Tribe Trail of Tears. It’s the first time the two have performed together in Nebraska since Sept. 19, 1987, when fans packed Memorial Stadium for Farm Aid III, the biggest concert in state history. That show, which also included performances by artists like John Mellencamp, Kris Kristofferson and John Denver, drew 29,000 people and raised about $1.6 million. Organizers hope the duo will bring a little of that magic with them to what is being called the “Harvest the Hope” concert. Proceeds from the Neligh event will go to Bold Nebraska and the Cowboy Indian Alliance to help pay for the ongoing fight against the Keystone XL pipeline, Bold Nebraska said in a news release. The daytime, outdoor concert will be in a field on a farm owned by the Tanderup family, part of a collective of Nebraska landowners refusing to sign an easement with TransCanada for the pipeline that would carry oil from the tar sands of Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast.

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