Pipelines

She Helped Save Her Town. Then She Finished High School.

March 17, 2016 Chris Clarke, www.kcet.org Educate! LNG, Pipelines, Women of Color, Youth Activism

By Chris Clarke for KCET - Residents along the Ventura Coast are no strangers to oil and gas development. Oil drilling has been a part of life along the Santa Barbara Channel since 1896, with gigantic oil rigs sprouting offshore in the late 1960s. But when an Australian energy company proposed to build a floating terminal 13 miles off Point Dume into a massive terminal for imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), and send the gas through the working-class community of Oxnard via a 36-inch pipeline, that was a step too far.

Survival Under Threat, Canada’s Indigenous Unite Against Tar Sands Pipelines

March 16, 2016 Nika Knight, www.commondreams.org Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

By Nika Knight for Common Dreams - Indigenous people in Canada are rising up together in greater numbers than ever before to oppose tar sands pipelines on their traditional territory, forming fierce coalitions to oppose pro-oil regional governments and fossil fuel industry officials who are pushing for more tar sands infrastructure. "An alliance of indigenous nations, from coast to coast, is being formed against all the pipeline, rail and tanker projects that would make possible the continued expansion of tar sands," Grand Chief Serge Otsi Simon of the Mohawk Kanesatake First Nation wrote to the Quebec premier in a letter dated March 9...

Mohawks Threaten To Block Energy East

March 14, 2016 Philip Authier, www.montrealgazette.com Resist! Canada, First Nations, Indigenous Activist, Pipelines, Protests

By Philip Authier for Montreal Gazette - The Mohawk nation is threatening to do everything legally in its power to block the Energy East pipeline project, calling it a threat to their way of life. Despite perceptions opposition to the project is harboured mainly by mayors in Quebec, a Mohawk-driven Canadian First Nations movement against the project is picking up steam in other parts of the country. Besides the official opposition of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec and Labrador representing 43 Quebec chiefs, the list against TransCanada’s pipeline now includes the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs...

Independent Journalists Put Spotlight On FERC

March 11, 2016 Faith Meckley, www.faithmeckley.wordpress.com Resist! FERC, Pennsylvania, Pipelines

By Faith Meckley for Faith Meckley - I traveled to New Milford, Pennsylvania on March 3 to meet a family who was in the process of losing the quiet woodlands on land they have owned for three generations. After refusing to cut a deal for their property with the company building the Constitution Pipeline, the company used eminent domain to forcibly take the land and begin cutting down trees. The Constitution Pipeline was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an agency responsible for reviewing and approving liquefied natural gas terminals, interstate natural gas pipelines, and hydropower projects.

A Hollow Victory For Williams Partners

March 2, 2016 Ted Glick, www.tedglick.com Resist! Pennsylvania, Pipelines, Protests

Ted Glick for Ted Glick - The Constitution Pipeline Company, aka Williams Partners, came in force onto the Holleran family land in New Milford, Pa. yesterday. Federal marshals armed with assault rifles accompanied workers armed with chain saws across the open field up to where the woods began. Talk about overkill. Talk about exposing the ugly truth of how things really work in the gas industry. Supporters of the Hollerans had painted “freedom flags” in red, white and blue onto about 14 trees right at the edge of the field.

Sub-Zero Temperatures Do Not Stop Pipeline Protest Walk

February 21, 2016 Stop Berkshire Gas, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Gas, Pipelines

By Stop Bershire Gas. Despite below zero temperatures, some 60 walkers from central Massachusetts and Vermont made their way through Greenfield on President’s Day to oppose the Berkshire Gas moratorium and the proposed Kinder-Morgan Northeast Direct Pipeline. Led by Jennifer Caron of Wendell and anchored by Sister Clare Carter and Brother Toby Keyes of Leverett’s New England Peace Pagoda, walkers joined some 20 picketers at Berkshire Gas offices on Mill Street where demonstrators stood vigil with colorful banners and signs. In all, walkers covered about five miles from Greenfield Community College via the Berkshire Gas office to First Church Congregational on Silver Street where church volunteers offered lunch to all participants. “I was afraid cold weather would keep people away,” said Hattie Nestel. “But they showed up. This demonstrates the strength of convictions against the pipeline."

Judge Clears Way For Trees To Be Cut Down For Pipeline

February 20, 2016 Clay Lepard, www.wnep.com Resist! Pennsylvania, Pipelines

By Clay Lepard for 16 WNEP - SCRANTON -- A company was given the approval by a federal judge to cut down dozens of maple trees in Susquehanna County so a new gas pipeline could be built. But several families have protested because they are trying to protect the trees and their maple syrup business. The standoff led to a showdown Friday in federal court. Natural gas company Williams is trying to put in a pipeline through Susquehanna County to link natural gas to New York and New England customers.

Taking Steps To A Renewable Future

February 19, 2016 The Sugar Shack Alliance, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Democracy, FERC, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

The Sugar Shack Alliance. Windsor, MA - The 4-day, 53-mile intergenerational walk will follow roads near the proposed route of the Kinder Morgan Northeast Energy Direct pipeline, from one proposed compressor station location in Windsor to a proposed compressor station in Northfield. Food and lodging will be provided. There will be evening events for the walkers and general public. We walk to increase public awareness of the negative impact of this pipeline and fracked gas everywhere. We walk to highlight the consequences of continued fossil fuel use and global climate change. We walk to build an unstoppable movement aiming towards a renewable future. Join with friends, family, and neighbors as we walk through ten towns in Western Massachusetts!

FERC Valentines Require Special Delivery

February 19, 2016 Anne Meador and John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! FERC, LNG, Pipelines

By Anne Meador and John Zangas for DC Media Group - “Clean energy policy means never having to say you’re sorry.” A twist on the catchphrase from the movieLove Story was the message delivered on Wednesday by anti-fracking activists to heads of a federal energy agency. Hoping that the four current voting members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) would get into the spirit of Valentine’s Day, they made special in-person deliveries of cards, flowers and balloons to their homes in Washington, DC, Massachusetts, Arkansas and Virginia.

Massive Gas Pipeline Project Endures In Texas

February 17, 2016 Dahr Jamail, www.truth-out.org Educate! Gas, Pipelines, Texas

By Dahr Jamail for Truthout - The oil and gas industry is in a state of free fall. With prices for both commodities lower then they have been in years, oil companies are cutting jobs and many major drilling projects across the United States have ground to a virtual standstill. Unlike the US, countries around the globe whose political apparatuses are not heavily funded by the fossil fuel industry are actively moving away from fossil fuels.

Environmentalists And Indigenous People Flex New Muscle

February 15, 2016 Derek Royden, www.occupy.com Resist! Canada, Environment, Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines

By Derek Royden for Occupy - 2015 was one of the worst years on record for oil and gas producers in Canada. First, the Keystone XL pipeline project was stopped through the tireless efforts of activists on both sides of the border. Then, unrelated to this, the price of oil dropped so much that the industry’s products, especially bitumen from tar sands, became increasingly unprofitable. The low price of crude brought at least 40,000 direct job losses to the Canadian oil industry and as many as 100,000 overall last year. This is a trend that industry insiders predict will continue through 2016.

Farm Defended Against Pipeline Tree Cutters

February 12, 2016 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Pennsylvania, Pipelines

By John Zangas for DC Media Group - Clear-cutting of trees on a Pennsylvania family farm for the Constitution Pipeline was held off another day by successful negotiations between property owners and pipeline company representatives. The discussion was backed up by a large group of pipeline opponents, who stood ready to block the incursion of tree cutters. Dozens of people have traveled long distances to join hands on the Zeffer-Holleran property near New Milford, PA and defend five acres of old-growth trees in the path of the 125-mile-long Constitution Pipeline. The conflict escalated early on Wednesday when twenty loggers attempted to begin cutting trees.

Fracked Gas Pipeline Protest, Feb 9th, Montpelier VT

February 11, 2016 Todd Boyle, www.youtube.com Resist! Fracking, Pipelines, Protests, Vermont

By Todd Boyle for Rising Tide Vermont - Dozens of community members just shut down ANOTHER eminent domain hearing for Vermont Gas Systems fracked gas pipeline. We packed the hearing room, made them let EVERYONE in, and used our voices to defend the home of our friend Claire Broughton. The hearing was adjourned within ten minutes, further delaying the eminent domain process and the construction of the largest fossil fuel project Vermont has seen in the past 50 years. It's getting pretty clear - It's time to leave the gas inside the ground. We're singing out for climate justice NOW!

Newsletter: Global Solidarity Is Rising

February 7, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Newsletter Banking and Finance, Blockades, Climate Change, Extraction, Exxon, FERC, Flint, Fracking, Groundwater, Indigenous Peoples, Lead, Leonard Peltier, Pipelines, Police violence, Uranium

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. A key ingredient of previous successful campaigns to stop 'free trade' agreements is cross-border solidarity. Uniting struggles globally, as well as locally, is critical for other issues as well. Via Campesina, a movement started by peasants in 1993, has grown to become a global movement that recognizes the intersectionality between food security, land rights, the climate crisis and transnational corporate power. They work together to both resist harmful policies and to create necessary alternatives by organizing seed exchanges and impacting public policy. Similarly, global solidarity is increasing around the climate crisis.

Kinder Morgan’s Request To Police Backfires

February 7, 2016 Domenic Poli, www.gazettenet.com Resist! Corporatism, Kinder Morgan, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

By Domenic Poli for the Gazette. Kinder Morgan wants state authority to enter onto more than 400 private properties to conduct surveys for the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline project. Deerfield residents who choose to grant Kinder Morgan access to their private property do so at their own risk, according to the Select Board. Cristobal Bonifaz, an attorney working for Deerfield in its opposition to the pipeline, helped draft the nine-page document and said Thursday the risk in this case refers to any consequence of surveyors “fiddling around” on one’s land. Bonifaz said Deerfield is prepared to supersede any state authority and have police officers arrest anyone who enters onto private property as part of the pipeline project.

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