Pipelines

Dakota Pipeline Would Make Water New ‘Oil,’ Devastating All But Rich

August 19, 2016 Erich Longie, www.truthdig.com Educate! Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Pipelines, Protests, South Dakota

By Erich Longie for Truth Dig - The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is leading a protest of Native Americans and their allies against the construction of DAPL, which could contaminate the Missouri River and lead to other devastating environmental impacts. Opposition to DAPL has intensified since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its approval July 26. Over this past weekend, more than 15 people were arrested, including Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault.

Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Against Pipeline Tax

August 18, 2016 Larry Chretien and Eugenia Gibbons, www.blog.massenergy.org Resist! Massachusetts, Pipelines, Supreme Court, Taxes

By Larry Chretien and Eugenia Gibbons for Mass Energy Consumers Alliance - On May 17, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a unanimous opinion confirming that the landmark 2008 climate protection law, the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), requires the state to take enforceable action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on an annual basis in order to achieve the law’s mandate. Basically, they said “limits are limits”, the targets are binding, more needs to be done to achieve the emission target for 2020, and the law is unambiguous.

Standing Rock Sioux Aren’t Backing Down To Oil Pipeline

August 15, 2016 Sarah Aziza, www.wagingnonviolence.org Resist! Indigenous Peoples, North Dakota, Pipelines

By Sarah Aziza for Waging Nonviolence - On Thursday, nonviolent protesters outside North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux reservation entered their second day of confrontation with private security and local law enforcement. Armed with drums, tribal flags, and cell phones, demonstrators moved to block the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.7 billion dollar crude-oil conduit slated to cut just 1,000 feet from the perimeter of native land. Confrontations began on Wednesday, August 10, when construction crews and private security hired by Energy Transfer Partners, the Texas-based developers overseeing the pipeline, arrived to break ground.

Pipeline Expansion Threatens U.S. Climate Goals, Study Says

August 1, 2016 Phil McKenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Climate Change, Pipelines

By Phil McKenna for Inside Climate News - Proposed new and expanded pipelines that would pump natural gas from the fracking hub in the Appalachian Basin to power plants and other consumers throughout much of the eastern half of the U.S. will commit the country to high carbon emissions. That level will be too high for the U.S. to meet its climate goals, according to a report by the environmental advocacy group Oil Change International. Collectively, the 19 pending pipeline projects would enable a doubling of natural gas production from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia

Protesters Glue, Chain Themselves To West Roxbury Gas Pipeline

July 27, 2016 Julie M. Cohen, www.dedham.wickedlocal.com Resist! Pipelines, Protests

By Julie M. Cohen for Wicked Local Dedham - Several people were arrested after locking and gluing themselves together at 9:50 a.m. on Saturday to block two construction sites of Spectra Energy's West Roxbury Lateral gas pipeline, according to Alyssa Lee of Resist the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline. Lee said six people were arrested, however, Boston Police said four were arrested in the area of 2365 Centre St., West Roxbury. Police said that three were charged with trespassing and disturbing the peace and a fourth person was charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace and hindering a police officer.

Fracked Gas Protesters Lock Themselves In Pipeline Trench

July 24, 2016 Resist the Pipeline, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

By Resist the Pipeline. West Roxbury, MA, July 23, 2016 – Six people locked themselves together at 9:50 AM this morning to block two construction sites of Spectra Energy's West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline (WRL), which would bring fracked gas into Boston. Bound at the waist and ankles using chains and superglue, they aim to stop the project from endangering the community and disrupting the climate. They are demanding that Spectra Energy keep fracked gas in the ground and stop forcing the project through a community that overwhelmingly opposes the pipeline. Trevor Culhane said, “This pipeline would irresponsibly lock us into decades of climate pollution and community disruption. We need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and transition to a just and renewable economy without fracked-gas.”

New Gas Pipelines Would Make U.S. Miss Climate Target: Report

July 23, 2016 Valerie Volcovici, www.reuters.com Educate! Climate Change, Pipelines

By Valerie Volcovici for Reuters - The United States will miss its emission-reduction targets under the Paris climate agreement if 19 pending natural gas pipelines are built across eastern states, a report published on Friday by environmental groups said. Oil Change International and 11 other organizations found that 19 proposed pipelines due to move natural gas from the shale fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to states from Louisiana to New York would unlock at least 15.2 billion cubic feet per day of new natural gas production.

Protesters Call For Halt To Three Massachusetts Pipeline Projects

July 21, 2016 Phil Mckenna, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Massachusetts, Pipelines, Protests

By Phil Mckenna for Inside Climate News - Hundreds of environmental activists protested at the Massachusetts Statehouse this week against natural gas pipeline projects that would significantly increase the amount of fracked gas delivered to the eastern part of the state. Pipeline opponents said the added capacity isn't needed, would rely on increases in consumer utility rates, and would lock the state into future dependence on fossil fuels and their related emissions for decades.

Enbridge’s Kalamazoo Spill Saga Ends In $177 Million Settlement

July 21, 2016 David Hasemyer, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Canada, Oil Spill, Pipelines

By David Hasemyer for Inside Climate News - The Canadian pipeline company Enbridge has been fined $61 million as part of an overall $177 million settlement for a massive 2010 oil spill into Michigan's Kalamazoo River. The spill required years and more than a billion dollars to clean up and highlighted the hazard of pumping heavy tar sands oil through pipelines. The settlement was announced Wednesday between Enbridge and the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice. It ends nearly two years of negotiations and levies one of the largest penalties ever for an inland oil spill.

Virginia Activists Inspired by Recent Victories Over Pipelines

July 13, 2016 Mark Hand, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Activists, Pipelines, Virginia

By Mark Hand for DC Media Group - Facing long odds, residents of southwest and central Virginia remain confident their organizing efforts will lead to victories over pipeline companies that want to seize their land through eminent domain to build major natural gas transmission lines. Virginia has a reputation as a business-friendly state where politicians do the bidding of major corporate players with little resistance from its citizenry. But residents who live along proposed pipeline routes have grown tired of their voices being ignored.

Fate Of KXL Pipeline Could Be Decided In Texas Court

July 9, 2016 Julie Dermansky, www.desmogblog.com Resist! KXL pipeline, Pipelines, Texas

By Julie Dermansky for Desmog - Texas landowner Michael Bishop continues to challenge TransCanada’s right to build the southern route of the Keystone XL pipeline, renamed the Gulf Coast pipeline when the project was divided into segments. Meanwhile,TransCanada is suing the United States for not being granted the presidential permit needed in order to build the Keystone XL's northern route. A win for Bishop in his suit against TransCanada Keystone Pipeline L.P. in Nacogdoches County District Court could complicate TransCanada’s North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) challenge.

MI CATS Respond To AG Schuette’s ‘Attack’ Claim

July 9, 2016 MI CATS, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Enbridge, Media, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

By MI CATS. Midland, Michigan - Statements made by Attorney General (AG) Schuette’s Spokeswoman Bitely stating that Earth First! And MICATS were trying to “break down” the AG’s residence door, and “attacking” the home is not true. It is obvious that these statements were made to deliberately mislead the public in an attempt to make the Attorney General look like the victim when in reality the victims are those living along Line 5 who are living under constant danger by Schuette’s inaction. The police arrived at Attorney General Schuette’s home within minutes of our arrival and stayed with the demonstrators the entire time. We knocked on the AG’s door as we arrived, which nobody answered and carried out our demonstration on the sidewalk. A trumpet was played, accordions and danced on his lawn.

MI-CATS Take Their Demands Directly To Attorney General’s Door

July 7, 2016 MI-CATS Media, www.earthfirstjournal.org Resist! Climate Change, Enbridge, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

By MI CATS Media. Midland, MI – Wednesday, July 6, 2016, 1:30pm – Over 60 demonstrators arrived at the home of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette earlier this afternoon to demand that Schuette take immediate action to shut down the Enbridge oil pipeline Line 5. Demonstrators from Earth First! hung a massive banner between two trees in Schuette’s front lawn that read “No Line 5: Pipelines Equal Ecocide.” Others in the crowd chanted, held banners, and held a mock funeral for Enbridge. Down the street another group hung a massive banner that completely covered two billboards which read “No Line 5 Pipeline”. By the end of the action over 20 police cars had assembled to harass the protesters into ending the actions. The protesters are demanding that Schuette use his authority under the Public Trust Doctrine, Article 10, and shut down Line 5 immediately in order to protect the Great Lakes.

Federal Court Overturns Northern Gateway Pipeline Approval

July 2, 2016 Sophia Reuss, www.socialism.com Resist! Courts, Pipelines

By Sophia Reuss for Rabble - The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned approval of Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline after finding that the federal government failed to consult with First Nations communities whose rights would have been affected by the proposed pipeline. "Canada failed to make reasonable efforts to inform and consult. It fell well short of the mark," the ruling said. The Court ruled in favour of the eight First Nations, four environmental organizations and one union, Unifor.

Transcanada’s $15 Billion Suit Against US Corporate Nationhood At Its Worst

July 2, 2016 Michael Levitin, www.occupy.com Educate! Corporations, NAFTA, Pipelines, TPP, TransCanada

By Michael Levitin for Occupy - When the NAFTA nations – United States, Canada and Mexico – meet Wednesday for the annual Three Amigos Summit in Ottawa, climate change and clean energy are expected to dominate the agenda. However, a curiously timed $15 billion lawsuit launched last Friday by TransCanada, which is using NAFTA to sue the U.S. government for its rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, has undercut the very same climate ideals professed by the North American nations.

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