Pipelines

Pipelines Are Still Being Built As The Economy Shuts Down

April 7, 2020 Leanna First-Arai, Truthout. Educate! Global Recession, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

Governors of at least 37 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have issued strict orders for residents providing “non-life-sustaining” services to remain inside. All but five states have at least some form of shelter-in-place policies underway, such that millions of workers deemed “non-essential,” like teachers, therapists and community organizers, are clocking hours on Instagram and Zoom from living rooms across the continent. Over half of all small businesses in the U.S. are closed or could close within the coming weeks. And yet, although you cannot eat, drink or be ventilated by the fossil fuel industry’s products, oil and gas companies are carrying on with plans to dig and lay down pipelines in multiple Canadian provinces, and states including Minnesota, Montana, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Prevails As Federal Judge Strikes Down DAPL Permits

March 28, 2020 Staff, Earthjustice.org Resist! Courts, DAPL, Pipelines, Standing Rock

Washington, D.C. —A federal court today granted a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to strike down federal permits for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. The Court found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it affirmed federal permits for the pipeline originally issued in 2016. Specifically, the Court found significant unresolved concerns about the potential impacts of oil spills and the likelihood that one could take place. For example, the Court criticized the Corps for failing to address the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s expert criticism of its analysis, citing issues like potential worst case discharge, the difficulty of detecting slow leaks, and responding to spills in winter. Similarly, the Court observed that DAPL’s parent company’s abysmal safety record “does not inspire confidence,” finding that it should have been considered more closely.

A Good Time To Abolish Pipelines

March 28, 2020 David Swanson, Worldbeyondwar.org Educate! Oil, Pipelines

A moment in which U.S. politicians are openly talking about the need to sacrifice lives to a disease in the name of profit may be a good moment for recognizing the evil motivations of the same politicians when it comes to foreign policy. Congress members did not, no matter what Joe Biden says, vote for war on Iraq in order to avoid war on Iraq. Nor did they make a mistake or a miscalculation. Nor does it make the slightest difference how successful they were in persuading themselves of ludicrous and irrelevant lies about weapons and terrorism. They voted for mass murder because they did not value human life and did value one or more of the following: elite, corporate, and nationalistic support; global domination; weapons profits; and the interests of major oil corporations. It’s long since been well established that, as we always knew, wars happen where there’s oil, not where a damsel or a dictatorship in distress needs rescuing by democracy bombs.

Coastal Gas Link Continues Work Despite COVID 19

March 24, 2020 UnistotenCamp, Dissidentvoice.org Resist! Canada, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pipelines

As people around the world are taking social distancing measures to keep their communities safe Coastal Gas Link and the RCMP continue to bring in workers from all over Canada during a pandemic putting both workers and entire northern communities with limited medical staff at grave risk.

District Court Judge Deals Blow To Las Vegas Pipeline Plan

March 11, 2020 Benjamin Spillman and Reno Gazette, Rgj.com Educate! Courts, Las Vegas, Pipelines

Rupert Steele says he’s looking forward to his next trip to Nevada’s rural Spring Valley. That’s because Steele, chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, will be bearing good news for his relatives. He was talking about a recent ruling by District Court Judge Robert Estes that dealt a severe blow to a proposal to pipe groundwater from the Spring Valley and other spots in eastern Nevada to Las Vegas.

Warren Buffett’s Company Backs Out Of Quebec Energy Project Due To Anti-Pipeline Blockades

March 7, 2020 Sam McGriskin, Thepostmillennial.com Resist! Canada, Investment, Pipelines

Berkshire Hathaway has pulled out of a proposed large investment in the liquid natural gas pipeline near Quebec’s Saguenay port. Warren Buffetts’s investment company had been planning to invest $4 billion in the project. The $9.5 billion LNG project is meant to be built about 230 kilometers northeast of Quebec City, according to CBC News.

Constitution Pipeline Project Discarded

March 5, 2020 By Marlee Kokotovic, Nationofchange.org Resist! Environment, Pipelines

One of the major companies behind the Constitution Pipeline has abandoned the project altogether. According to Common Dreams, the proposed 124-mile gas pipeline was slated to run through Pennsylvania and New York, threatening water quality, wildlife, and public health. The project also would have increased demand for fracked gas, locking in more climate pollution.

Negotiations Do Not Resolve The Wet’suwet’en Nation Gas Line Fight

March 3, 2020 By Ethan Cox and Erin Seatter, Ricochet.media Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

The Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and the B.C. and Canadian governments have come to a tentative agreement about rights and title, but none of the parties have changed their position on the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline. From left to right: federal minister Carolyn Benett, Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief Woos, B.C. minister Scott Fraser. Screen capture from press conference, March 1, 2020.

‘It’s Not Over’: Tentative Agreement With Wet’suwet’en Nation May Be A Milestone, But It Doesn’t Resolve Pipeline Fight

March 2, 2020 Ethan Cox and Erin Seatter, Ricochet.media Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

The Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and the B.C. and Canadian governments have come to a tentative agreement about rights and title, but none of the parties have changed their position on the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline. Chief Woos, who represents the Gidimt’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en, said the past three days of discussion were preliminary in nature and focused on ensuring that the needed respect was present.

Wet’suwet’en Solidarity: “This Movement Wouldn’t Exist Without Everything That Preceded It”

March 2, 2020 Dawn Marie Paley, Towardfreedom.org Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Solidarity

Rail and highway blockades have proliferated across Canada since Februrary 6, when the RCMP, western Canada’s colonial police force, began raiding a series of camps that stand in the way of proposed gas pipelines in unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.

Wet’suwet’en Blockades: No More Business As Usual In Canada

March 2, 2020 By D.T. Cochrane, Theconversation.com Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

The recent RCMP incursion into Wet'suwet'en territory was aimed at enforcing an injunction. Coastal GasLink was awarded the injunction against Wet’suwet’en land defenders who were blocking construction of its pipeline. Injunctions have long been an important part of “business as usual” for corporations that operate on Indigenous lands. But are they still a useful tool for protecting corporate assets?

Behind the headlines: #ShutDownCanada

February 25, 2020 By Dawn Marie Paley, Towardfreedom.org Resist! Canada, Indigenous Languages, Pipelines

I write from Vancouver Island, where emptied tankers sit in the harbor, unable to go to port because of rail blockades in solidarity with Indigenous land defenders. As I write, we are witnessing/participating in/supporting nothing less than the opening of a new cycle of anti-colonial and anti-capitalist struggle in Canada.

Raid of Wet’suwet’en part of Canada’s ongoing police violence against Indigenous Peoples

February 25, 2020 By Catherine Richardson, Theconversation.com Educate! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

In a pre-dawn raid on Feb. 6, the RCMP arrested six land defenders of the Gidimt'en clan of the Wet'suwet'en nation at a blockade protesting the Coastal GasLink pipeline project. They were released later the same day but protestors at the Gidimt'en checkpoint await another raid by RCMP. Enforcing an injunction, the RCMP have said that they will use “the least amount of force necessary.” But protesters and observers believe any action will result in police violence.

Trudeau’s Demand: “The Barricades Must Come Down”

February 25, 2020 Kim Peterson, Ahtribune.com Resist! Canada, Indigenous People, Pipelines

Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has called the imbroglio between the Wet’suwet’en nation and Canada a matter to be decided by the rule of law. [1] However, the Wet’suwet’en have refused to back down and have defied the British Columbia Supreme Court injunction allowing pipeline work to continue. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were sent in to enforce the injunction.

Anti-Pipeline Protests Shut Down Canadian Rail Networks

February 19, 2020 Olivia Rosane, Nationofchange.org Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Protests

The Canadian government said Sunday it hoped to resolve the tension through dialogue. Anti-pipeline protests have shut down major rail networks across Canada as indigenous rights and environmental activists act in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people of British Columbia, who are fighting to keep a natural gas pipeline off their land.

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