Pipelines

Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Locals Take Over Pipeline Office, Then Occupy Drill Rig

March 20, 2018 Staff, Earthfirstjournal.org Resist! Occupation, Pennsylvania, Pipelines

A busload of fifty local residents took over the field offices of Williams/Transco at 805 Estelle Drive, Suite 101, in Lancaster. We dropped a 12 foot stretch of pipeline in Williams’s meeting room, sang songs through the hallways, and slapped a Condemnation Notice on the door before leaving. When a Williams employee complained about our visit, one of our residents deadpanned: “Sucks to be invaded, doesn’t it?” Our message was simple and direct: we the people, whose lives and land are under assault by this toxic pipeline, openly defy the “right” of dirty energy giants to profit at the expense of our health, safety, water, and land. From there, the bus headed down to southern Lancaster County where Williams is drilling under the Conestoga River and desecrating federally recognized indigenous graves.

Tree Sitters Continue Pipeline Protest On Peters Mountain

March 19, 2018 By Joe Dashiell, Wdbj7.com Resist! Pipelines, Protests, West Virginia

MONROE CO., W. Va. With a sharp eye, or better yet a long lens, you can see the tree sitters from the road below Peters Mountain, but to get up close and within earshot is a bit more complicated. Monroe County resident Maury Johnson drove us as far as a private logging road would take us, Roanoke Times Reporter Jeff Sturgeon, Photographer Erica Yoon and I then made a steep climb to the ridge line above, followed by a 10-minute hike on the Appalachian Trail to the point where the pipeline would cross. The tree sitters are about 25-30 feet off the ground, on platforms secured with ropes and covered with plastic. And they've been buffeted by the high winds here on the top of Peters Mountain. We didn't see anyone else on the ground, but one of the tree sitters did poke her head out from under the plastic.

Appeals Court Reverses Decision Stopping Bayou Bridge Pipeline Work Through Cypress Swamp

March 19, 2018 By Julie Dermansky, Desmogblog.com Resist! Courts, Louisiana, Pipelines

On February 24, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, an Obama appointee, granted Earthjustice an injunction in order to prevent irreparable harm to the basin, an environmentally sensitive National Heritage Area, until the group’s lawsuit challenging a U.S Army Corp of Engineers permit for the pipeline could be heard. Earthjustice had filed this lawsuit January 11 on behalf of the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association-West, Gulf Restoration Network, the Waterkeeper Alliance, and the Sierra Club. The suit alleges that the Corps is not enforcing existing permits for oil and gas pipeline companies already operating in the basin, where pipelines, canals, and dredge piles traverse the country’s largest river swamp. According to the suit, the Corps acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” in issuing a permit for the Bayou Bridge pipeline.

Kinder Morgan Sit-In Protest To Stop Pipeline Leads To Arrests

March 19, 2018 By Jake Johnson, Commondreams.org Resist! Pipelines, Protesters Arrested, Protests

"Kinder Morgan and Justin Trudeau picked a fight with the wrong group of people." Building on the massive march against the expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline that brought 10,000 people to the streets of British Columbia last weekend, Indigenous leaders and their allies staged a sit-in on Saturday at a pipeline construction site on Burnaby Mountain, kicking off a wave of civil disobedience that is set to continue through next week. "I'm standing up for Indigenous rights, for clean water, and for a safe, liveable climate and look forward to doing so alongside the ever growing movement against this dangerous pipeline." Chants of "I believe that we will win" rang out as police began arresting demonstrators, who ignored a court injunction to stay away from Kinder Morgan's construction activities and protested in front of a company site for over five hours.

Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of Two Landowners In Atlantic Coast Pipeline Case

March 19, 2018 By Lisa Sorg, Pulse.ncpolicywatch.org Resist! Courts, Land, Pipelines

Marvin Winstead Jr.’s pine tree will survive another day. US District Court Judge Terence Boyle ruled today that Winstead and fellow defendant Ron Locke do not have to allow Atlantic Coast Pipeline contractors on their property to begin tree-cutting — at least for now. Earlier this week in Elizabeth City, Judge Boyle heard arguments from both attorneys for Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC, a company formed by co-owners Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, and lawyers for the landowners over tree-cutting and access to land. ACP, LLC had asked Boyle to force Winstead and Locke to allow them access to their properties, even though they had not yet negotiated payment for the condemned land. ACP wants to exercise eminent domain on 2.27 acres of Locke’s farm and more than 11 on Winstead’s — including the family’s 100-year-old pine tree that lies in the pipeline’s path.

Potomac Pipeline Granted Maryland Permit With ‘Special Conditions’

March 17, 2018 Anne Meador, Dcmediagroup.us Educate! Maryland, Pipelines

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) granted Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC a wetlands and waterways permit for the Eastern Panhandle Expansion, also known as the Potomac Pipeline. Environmental organizations have already come out with statements expressing disappointment and calling the permit “a serious mistake.” The permit for the 3.3-mile gas pipeline, which would originate in Pennsylvania and pass under the Potomac River, includes “customized conditions specific to the Project and its location,” which MDE says will “establish reasonable precautions and safeguards intended to protect public health and the environment.” MDE asks the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to include similar protections in its final approval, called a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN). TransCanada Corporation acquired Columbia Gas in 2016.

Red Lake Votes To Remove Pipelines

March 16, 2018 By Grace Pastoor, Bemidjipioneer.com Resist! Indigenous People, Minnesota, Pipelines

RED LAKE -- The Red Lake Tribal Council voted Tuesday to remove Enbridge-owned oil pipelines from its land. The unanimous vote came two months after the council agreed to rescind a resolution accepting a land swap agreement with the Canadian energy company. That Jan. 9 vote paved the way for Tuesday’s action, according to Red Lake Representative Robert Smith. The pipelines in question are located on a 24-acre parcel of land about 30 miles northwest of Bemidji. They were installed by Lakehead Pipeline Co. Inc. sometime before the 1980s, when the reservation realized it owned the land. Enbridge Energy now owns the pipelines, but does not own the land under which they are installed. So in December 2015 the tribal council voted to accept $18.5 million -- meant to be spent on other land -- in exchange for the parcel.

WV DEP Orders Rover Pipeline To Stop Construction, Citing Multiple Violations

March 16, 2018 Kate Mishkin, Wvgazettemail.com Educate! Pipelines, Water Pollution, West Virginia

State regulators have slapped a cease-and-desist order on a natural gas pipeline, citing multiple water pollution violations, according to a letter made public by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. The 713-mile-long Rover Pipeline, which would transport 3.25 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from processing plants in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, received the order on March 5 from Scott Mandirola, director of the Division of Water and Waste Management, documents show. According to the order, DEP officials conducted inspections on four days in February, during which they said they found 14 violations in Doddridge, Tyler and Wetzel counties. The alleged offenses include leaving trash and construction debris partially buried on site, improperly installing perimeter control and failing to inspect or clean public and private roads around the construction site.

Bayou Bridge Pipeline Opponents Say Louisiana Governor’s Office Is Surveilling Them

March 16, 2018 By Julie Dermansky, Desmogblog.com Resist! Louisiana, Pipelines, Surveillance

Opponents of the Bayou Bridge pipeline accused Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards of meeting with representative of the oil and gas industry while refusing to meet with activists and communities affected by the pipeline’s construction. They further allege that the administration has instead placed them under surveillance, pointing to similar treatment of Dakota Access pipeline opponents in North Dakota in 2016. Their claims are based in part on emails and other public records released by the state. The activists brought their grievances to the Democratic governor’s home and office on March 1, holding a press conference in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge and then occupying the foyer to his office in the State Capitol for over an hour. “The Bayou Bridge pipeline should be called the John Bel pipeline,” Louisiana Bucket Brigade founder and director Anne Rolfes declared at the press conference.

5 Mothers Arrested At Maryland Statehouse Demanding Governor Take Action On Potomac Pipeline

March 15, 2018 Anne Meador, Dcmediagroup.us Resist! Maryland, Mothers, Pipelines, Protesters Arrested

Five women blocked the doors of the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis on Wednesday, demanding that Gov. Larry Hogan take immediate action to prevent construction of a gas pipeline and drilling under the Potomac River. Holding enlarged photos of their children and grandchildren, all five were arrested for trespassing after refusing to the vacate the entryway for nearly two hours. Organizers called the civil disobedience action an “escalation” of their efforts to stop TransCanada’s Potomac Pipeline, formally called the Eastern Panhandle Expansion. If built, it would originate in Fulton County, Pa., cross a small slice of Maryland, then pass under the Potomac River and link to the Mountaineer Gas Pipeline, not yet under construction, in West Virginia...

Kitchen-Table Nonprofit Rallies Community To Defeat Energy Giant

March 14, 2018 Kelly Canavan, AMP Creeks Council. Resist! compressor station, Dominion Energy, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

In what feels like a miraculous victory, the Charles County Board of Appeals voted 4 - 1 to deny the zoning special exception that Dominion needs to build Charles Station -- the fracked gas compressor station it wants to put on New Marshall Hall/Barry's Hill Rd. in Charles County, Maryland, on the Cove Point pipeline. Board members, fully aware that this case will move into the circuit court when Dominion appeals their decision, took great pains to lay out the reasons that they voted as they did, citing legal documents, ordinances, and codes to support their positions.

Activists Say ‘Frack No’ To Proposed Pipeline As Cuomo Makes Renewable Energy Investment

March 13, 2018 By Ben Brandstein, Bedfordandbowery.com Resist! Activists, Environment, Fracking, Pipelines

Environmental and community groups gathered outside New York University’s Kimmel Center this morning, rallying against a natural gas pipeline proposed by the Williams energy company. Meanwhile, inside, Governor Cuomo announced a $1.4 billion commitment to renewable energy programs. It’s said to be the biggest by any state in US history, but some protesters continue to say that Cuomo isn’t doing enough to stop fracking off the coast of New York City and elsewhere. Armed with signs and illustrations depicting the various projects they disapprove of and the organizations they stand with, protestors condemned the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline as unnecessary, expensive, and harmful, chanting, “When New York harbor is under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!”

Anti-Pipeline Tree Sitters In Second Week, Need Support

March 12, 2018 Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. Resist! Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Tree Sitting, West Virginia

Peters Mountain, WV - Tree sitters with Appalachians Against Pipelines are now in the second week of their action to stop tree cutting for the Mountain Valley Pipeline on the border of Virginia and West Virginia. The pipeline company has to complete the tree cutting by March 31, 2018 or violate federal wildlife protections for bats. The tree sitters need your support.

We Are Lancaster County Invades Pipeline Company

March 12, 2018 Lancaster Against Pipelines, We Are Lancaster County. Resist! Environment, Oil and Gas, Pennsylvania, Pipelines

Pennsylvania - A busload of fifty local residents took over the field offices of Williams/Transco at 805 Estelle Drive, Suite 101, in Lancaster. We dropped a 12-ft stretch of pipeline in Williams’s meeting room, sang songs through the hallways, and slapped a Condemnation Notice on the door before leaving. When a Williams employee complained about our visit, one of our residents deadpanned: “Sucks to be invaded, doesn’t it?”

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