Pipelines

BXE’s Response To FERC’s Upcoming Review Of Pipeline Permitting Process

December 26, 2017 Staff, Beyondextremeenergy.org Resist! FERC, Pipelines

If FERC were an agency which truly put the public interest first, the announced plan to review their process for approving pipelines would be a welcome development. But facts don’t lie: over the past 30 years FERC has granted permits for all but two proposed interstate gas pipelines. It is a rubber stamp agency, and it has been this through both Democratic and Republican administrations.m This announced plan comes on the heels of FERC’s efforts in New York to override the rights of states to make decisions on air and water permits for proposed pipelines. It comes as FERC considers Rick Perry’s order that they change regulatory rules and increase costs to consumers so that coal and nuclear power are given special privileges in the supposedly fuel source neutral, FERC-regulated market.

How The Oil & Gas Industry Sees Pipeline Protesters

December 25, 2017 Heather Saucier, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Educate! Clean Energy, Climate Change, Pipelines

It is interesting to see how corporations view protesters. This article describes how pipeline protesters undermine the infrastructure of the oil and gas industry, giving us a glimpse into their mindset. We found the sentence: “There is little question that professional activists and the mainstream media, which have been echoing their voices, have beat the industry to the punch when it comes to communicating with the public and mobilizing citizens to take a stance.” The reality is, it is not “professional protesters,” it is common people who are angry at the destruction caused by carbon polluters, pipelines and other infrastructure. It is not the corporate media that gets the story out. Mass media follows independent media (sites like this one) and social media where masses of people spread the word -- if they cover protests at all.

Yaqui Tribe Defends Land By Digging Up Gas Pipeline

December 24, 2017 Adam Williams, bloomberg.com Resist! Corporatism, Fossil Fuels, Indigenous Rights, Pipelines

A chunk of Sempra Energy’s natural gas pipeline sits in the dirt behind a community center in the village of Loma de Bacum in northwest Mexico. Guadalupe Flores thinks it would make a great barbecue pit. “Cut it here, lift the top,’’ he says, pointing to the 30-inch diameter steel tube. “Perfect for a cook-out.’’ It would be an expensive meal. The pipeline cost $400 million, part of a network that’s supposed to carry gas from Arizona more than 500 miles to Mexico’s Pacific coast. It hasn’t done that since August, when members of the indigenous Yaqui tribe – enraged by what they viewed as an unauthorized trespass their land – used a backhoe truck to puncture and extract a 25-foot segment. They left the main chunk about a mile from the community center, perpendicular to the rest of the pipeline, like a lower-case t.

Resisting Energy Transfer Partners’ Louisiana Bayou Bridge Pipeline

December 23, 2017 By Emma Fiala, mintpressnews.com Resist! Pipelines, Protests, Water Protectors

L’EAU EST LA VIE CAMP, LOUISIANA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just granted a permit to a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) for the Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP) in Louisiana. The Corps neglected to perform an environmental impact review of the pipeline project that opponents say will put local communities, indigenous peoples, and the environment at risk. ETP is the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, made famous last year by water protectors defending the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s right to clean water just outside of Bismarck, North Dakota. If completed according to plan, the BBP will connect with the Dakota Access, bringing fracked oil from North Dakota south, where it will eventually be exported overseas.

Potomac Pipeline: Hundreds Turn Out For Water Permit Hearing

December 21, 2017 Anne Meador, dcmediagroup.us Resist! Courts, Maryland, Pipelines, Protests

A Maryland state agency will continue hearing testimony on the permitting of a TransCanada pipeline at a later date to allow dozens of people to speak who weren’t able to on December 19 because of time constraints. The Maryland Department of the Environment is weighing whether to grant oil and gas giant TransCanada Corp. a wetlands and waterways permit for the Eastern Panhandle Expansion, also known as the Potomac Pipeline. Time and place have not yet been confirmed for the continuation of the hearing, but dates in January have been considered, according to Paul Busam, MDE project manager for the permit application. The location will probably be at the MDE offices in Baltimore. Busam did not comment on whether the continuation would delay the agency’s decision on the permit, now March 15.

Nebraska Commissioners Reject Keystone XL Pipeline App Again

December 20, 2017 Staff, nokxlpromise.org Educate! Keystone XL, Pipelines, TransCanada

Lower Brule, SD — Following oral arguments from Nebraska landowners last week, the Public Service Commission put another hurdle in TransCanada’s path today, denying the company’s request to amend their current application for Keystone XL to match the alternate route they were granted. TransCanada hoped to amend their existing application to avoid legal challenges, but Nebraskans urged commissioners to deny this request, noting the lack of consultation with communities living along the alternate route. This decision came after the PSC denied TransCanada’s preferred route for Keystone XL and granted an alternate route instead on November 20.

Media Truth In A Post-Truth World; Dirty Mines on Your Dime, Pipelines & More

December 18, 2017 Eleanor Goldfield Resistance Report Media, Mining, Pipelines, Propaganda

This week on Act Out! we gave you a lowdown last week on oil pipelines – but what about natural gas? Safer, right? Not so much. Here's the explosive reality of the natural gas pipelines criss crossing our nation. Next up, mining companies have been given a greenlight to pollute on your dime and the profession with the highest suicide rates in the country will surprise you. Finally, Mickey Huff from Project Censored joins us to talk about corporate media, truth in a post-truth era and stories you didn't know you didn't know.

US Army Corps Of Engineers Approves Bayou Bridge Pipeline

December 16, 2017 Staff, ienearth.org Resist! Climate Change, Environment, Louisiana, Pipelines

LOUISIANA — Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted permits to Bayou Bridge, LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, to construct a 162.5-mile crude oil pipeline from Lake Charles to St. James, Louisiana. The Army Corps of Engineers refused to conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement for the project, despite pleas for such a study from communities directly impacted by the pipeline. In response to the Bayou Bridge permit approvals, leaders of organizations in the Stop Energy Transfer Partners Coalition released the following statements: Cherri Foytlin, Bold Louisiana: “To be honest, my hopes were never with the state and federal agencies who have consistently proven their lack of vision and scarcity of protection for the people and waters of this great state.

Pipeline Opposition Set To Pack Room For TransCanada Permit Hearing

December 15, 2017 Anne Meador, dcmediagroup.us Resist! Canada, Courts, Pipelines, TransCanada

The Maryland Department of the Environment will hold a hearing on December 19 in Hancock, Md. on TransCanada’s proposed Eastern Panhandle Expansion (also known as the Potomac Pipeline). The 3.4-mile gas pipeline requires a Section 401 water quality certification from the state to complete the federal licensing process under the Clean Water Act. Members of the public can testify at the hearing, which begins at 7pm at Hancock High School. The pipeline route would traverse a short slice of western Maryland, originating from Fulton County, Pa. and connecting with the proposed Mountaineer Gas distribution line in Morgan County, W.Va. MDE will consider issues related to wetlands and waterways along the pipeline route.

Mussolini Era Law Used By Italy Against Pipeline Protesters

December 13, 2017 Jon Stone, independent.co.uk Resist! Law, Pipelines, Protests

Italian authorities are using a Mussolini-era law to put an entire town under lockdown while they force through a gas pipeline against the wishes of the local community, activists have said. A so-called “red zone” was declared around Melendugno by the central government’s military police force this month, after months of protests against the effect of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on the local area. Activists on the ground who contacted The Independent say the police swooped in the middle of the night and barred people from leaving their homes, blockaded streets, and fenced off olive farms. “Some locals have been expelled and cannot access Melendugno... for the next three years”, Sabina Giese, one resident of the town said.

VA State Water Control Board Delays Atlantic Coast Pipeline

December 13, 2017 Lorne Stockman, priceofoil.org Resist! Oil, Pipelines, Virginia

“After a complete failure last week in approving the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s certificate, Virginia’s State Water Control Board (SWCB) has delayed certification of the permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline until studies of sedimentation, karst, and erosion issues are completed. This rightly acknowledges the danger to Virginia’s water the project poses, but fails to clearly address those threats. While this is most definitely not what Dominion wanted and gives opponents of the pipeline more time to push for rejection, the SWCB should have rejected the certificate outright. “The Atlantic Coast Pipeline has seen massive opposition along its entire route. As was seen at the hearing today, those opponents are not going to rest easy until these pipelines are rejected outright.

Hudson Valley Earth First Blocks Valley Lateral Pipeline

December 11, 2017 Staff, hudsonvalleyearthfirst.org Resist! Activism, New York (NY), Pipelines, Protests

Wawayanda, New York - Hudson Valley Earth First has established a one person tree sit blockade in the path of the Valley Lateral Pipeline to stop its construction and to save the forrest. On December 8th, 2017, Millennium Pipeline Company started clearing trees for the Valley Lateral Pipeline, which would connect fracked natural gas from the existing Millennium Pipeline to the scandal-ridden, toxic Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) Power Plant. Area activists have tried every other mechanism for stopping the construction of this pipeline, however the state of New York, the federal government, and the courts have failed to protect these woods and the species that live in and around them. If this 7.8 mile pipeline is completed, it would run through ecosystems which contain, and have the potential to contain, endangered species such as the Bald Eagle(a mating pair is known to live 30 feet from the right-of-way), the Indiana Bat, and the Bog Turtle. Additionally, if the CPV plant is fueled, the pollution from the plant release tons of chemicals known to increase cancer and asthma rates in nearby areas.

Pipeline Company Illegally Cutting Trees, Threatening Eagles

December 10, 2017 Protect Orange County, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Oil and Gas, Pipelines, wildlife

Orange County NY Residents who oppose Millenniums 7.8 Mile pipeline called VLP or Valley Lateral Project staged a Vigil after learning that yesterday the stay of construction was lifted for the VLP Millennium Pipeline Project. The Millennium Pipeline was planning on cutting down trees feet from a protected Nesting Bald Eagles nest, even after they requested and were provided with footage of the Eagles in the Nest this Month. 24 hours after the stay was lifted Millennium Employees were found on Ridgebury road in the Town of Wawayanda with chain saws and hardhats.

Leaked PowerPoint Reveals Gas Industry’s Playbook

December 7, 2017 Alexander C. Kaufman, huffingtonpost.com Strategize! Leak, Pipelines, Ruling Class

By Alexander C. Kaufman for The Huffington Post - One of the natural gas industry’s top trade associations launched a front group earlier this year to defend new East Coast pipeline proposals against the kind of protests that have targeted oil projects like Keystone XL and Dakota Access. The American Gas Association-funded group Your Energy now claims it has recruited roughly 10,000 supporters to advocate for its companies and counter protesters who warn that new pipelines threaten to exacerbate climate change, cause environmental damage and violate landowners’ property rights. The registration number signals the organization’s ramped-up effort to shore up political support for new pipeline projects and tip the scales in favor of corporations that already wield disproportionate clout. Your Energy ― made up of a national organization and state chapters in Virginia and Connecticut ― provides research and colorful graphics, runs social media campaigns and gives companies access to a “digital war room” that tracks pipeline protests, according to an industry presentation from August. HuffPost obtained the PowerPoint after it briefly became accessible on the American Gas Association’s website. “There is strong and growing support for the valuable role that natural gas plays in our national energy future and the benefits this fuel brings to our environment and economy,” Jake Rubin, an American Gas Association spokesman, said in a statement.

Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Environmental Justice Impact

December 5, 2017 Elizabeth Ouzts, southeastenergynews.com Resist! Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Environment, Environmental Justice, Pipelines, Protests

By Elizabeth Ouzts for Southeast Energy News - On September 15, 1982, high-profile protests over the siting of a toxic waste dump in Afton, North Carolina – an overwhelmingly African American town an hour northeast of Raleigh – set in motion a wave of reforms to prevent polluters from targeting people of color and the poor. Thirty-five years later, North Carolina advocates say the $5-billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline deserves its own place in the environmental-justice history books – a distinction they believe could be its undoing. “It deserves its own claim to shame,” said Therese Vick with the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League. Backed primarily by Duke Energy and Dominion Resources, the project would transport 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Marcellus Shale region to Virginia and North Carolina, hugging the I-95 corridor before ending in Robeson County. In all but one county along the pipeline’s 180-mile route in North Carolina, African Americans, Native Americans and those living in poverty make up a greater percentage of the population than the statewide average. More than a quarter of the state’s Native Americans live along the project’s path. Despite flagging 71 percent of the census tracts along the North Carolina pipeline route for ‘environmental justice concerns,’ federal regulators have given the project the green light – a move scores of groups are contesting.

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