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Climate Advocates Prevent Eminent Domain Proceedings For Pipeline

February 3, 2016 Staff, www.risingtidevermont.org , ,
By Staff of Rising Tide Vermont - Monkton, VT, Thursday, Jan. 28th, 2016 -- Over 70 Addison County residents and climate advocates from across the state prevented a land appraisal by the Department of Public Service and Vermont Gas Systems today. The appraisal was intended to facilitate the condemnation of Claire Broughton’s land in order to construct the proposed fracked gas pipeline. Supporters of Broughton formed a human chain across the property and refused to let state and company officials through.

If Paris Changed Everything, Why Are We Still Talking Pipelines?

January 29, 2016 David Sukuzi, www.rabble.ca ,
By David Sukuzi for Rabble - With the December Paris climate agreement, leaders and experts from around the world showed they overwhelmingly accept that human-caused climate change is real and, because the world has continued to increase fossil fuel use, the need to curb and reduce emissions is urgent. In light of this, I don't get the current brouhaha over Kinder Morgan, Keystone XL, Northern Gateway or the Energy East pipelines. Why are politicians contemplating spending billions on pipelines when the Paris commitment means 75 to 80 percent of known fossil fuel deposits must be left in the ground?

Enbridge Fails To Show For Open House, Protests Continue

January 28, 2016 Michael Toledano, www.vice.com ,
By Michael Toledano for Vice News - A "public awareness open house" in Aamjiwnaang First Nation (AFN) became a venue for residents to vent their frustration with industry after representatives from Enbridge Pipelines, Inc. failed to show up to their own event. In the company's absence, activists unfurled banners and gave presentations on Enbridge's operations while residents took the floor to voice their concerns. A letter was circulated and endorsed by 27 community members rejecting a "free starter emergency kit" paid for by Enbridge, Suncor, Shell, Styrolutions, Lanxess, and other corporations with a local presence.

Three Arrested Protesting Controversial BC Pipeline

January 25, 2016 Hilary Beaumont, www.news.vice.com , ,
By Hilary Beaumont for Vice News - Canadian police arrested three protesters who staged a sit-in on Saturday that drew attention to restricted public access to hearings for a controversial oil pipeline in British Columbia. "Let us in! Let us in!" the women chanted as they were pinned against the wall and handcuffed outside the ballroom of a Burnaby, BC hotel, where Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) is considering Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline proposal. The hearings began on Tuesday, sparking protests throughout the week in the lead up to the largest rally on Saturday, which drew 200 people outside the hotel.

Pipeline Perambulations

January 24, 2016 Melinda Tuhus, www.melindatuhus.net , ,
By Melinda Tuhus for MelindaTuhus.net. I just got back from a transformative three-day walk to Stop the Pipeline in northwest Mass., through several “hill towns,” as the locals call them. It was organized almost single-handedly by a feisty septuagenarian named Hattie Nestel.​ For over a year, abutting property owners, local officials, the president of the state senate, the state attorney general and major environmental groups have all been saying the Tennessee Pipe Line Company's Northeast Energy Direct pipeline is not needed nor wanted. It would bring fracked gas from Pennsylvania through New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which they say will be exported to Eastern Canada. The love, commitment and generosity of spirit were almost overwhelming. As Hattie said at the end of our conversation, “People are really upset about this, so there’s a lot of activism in Massachusetts to stop this pipeline, and we might do it, we just might do it.”

Portland Pipe Line Corp Sues Over Ban On Crude Exports

January 24, 2016 Kelley Bouchard, www.pressherald.com , , ,
By Kelley Bouchard for Portland Press Herald. Portland, ME - The future of the Portland Pipe Line Corp. will be in jeopardy if it’s not allowed to reverse the flow of its pipeline to bring tar sands oil from Canada to its marine terminal in South Portland, lawyers for the company argued Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland. The company is challenging South Portland’s controversial Clear Skies ordinance,passed by the City Council in July 2014, which banned the loading of crude oil into tankers on the city’s waterfront and effectively blocked the company from reversing the flow of its South Portland-to-Montreal pipeline. Attorneys for South Portland questioned why the company still hasn’t submitted any plans or sought any of the permits needed to reverse the pipeline’s flow. “They haven’t taken any steps to actually do what they claim they want to do,” said Jonathan Ettinger, a lawyer with Foley Hoag in Boston. “If they’re not taking steps, (the claim of urgency) is hollow.” Ettinger said global market conditions – not the city’s ordinance – are the source of the company’s hardships.

Montreal Region Rejects Energy East Pipeline

January 22, 2016 Mike De Souza and Charles Mandel, www.nationalobserver.com , ,
By Mike De Souza and Charles Mandel for National Observer - The city of Montreal and surrounding communities have come out swinging against TransCanada Corporation’s Energy East pipeline project. “Call a spade a spade,” Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said at a news conference on Thursday. “It’s a bad project.” Leaders from the 82 communities, which represent nearly four million people, released a report concluding that the pipeline wouldn’t respect their urban development plan since it would go through forests, wetlands and agricultural land.

Peaceful Protesters Walk Against Pipeline

January 21, 2016 Rachel Rapkin and Lisa Spear, www.recorder.com , ,
By Rachel Rapkin and Lisa Spear for the Recorder - DEERFIELD — A crowd of peaceful protesters are trekking part of the route of the proposed natural-gas pipeline from Northfield to Plainfield, to both commemorate the life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and to put a stop to the fossil fuel industry’s plan to construct the Tennessee Gas Pipeline that would run through western Massachusetts. “People are so worried about what is happening locally and globally,” said Sister Clare Carter, a Buddhist nun who has lived at the New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett for nearly 30 years.

Infrastructure ‪Pipeline Task Force‬ Meeting Shut Down

January 20, 2016 Beyond Extreme Energy, www.PopularResistance.org , , , , ,
By Beyond Extreme Energy. Residents impacted by fracked gas infrastructure from across Pennsylvania came together today to shut down the final meeting of Governor Wolf’s Infrastructure Task Force. Exactly one year after members of frontline communities from across the state disrupted Governor Wolf’s inauguration to demand an end to fracking, Pennsylvanians again convened in Harrisburg to demand a stop to the buildout of fracked gas infrastructure. “My friends and neighbors in Butler County have already been harmed by the reckless practices of the gas industry and the enablers in Pennsylvania’s government. This rubber stamping farce has done nothing but increase the likelihood that the destruction will continue,” said Michael Bagdes-Canning.

Algonquin Pipeline Foes Defend Protest In Court

January 16, 2016 Matt Spillane, www.lohud.com , , ,
By Matt Spillane for Lohud.com. Cortlandt, NY - Defying the law to halt the Algonquin pipeline expansion was necessary for public safety, according to nine people who face criminal charges for their efforts to stop the project. The group, calling itself "the Montrose Nine," were all expected to appear in Cortlandt Town Court on Friday afternoon in the case. The nine people have pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct charges for allegedly disrupting traffic one morning by blocking the entrance to Spectra Energy's parking lot on Route 9A in Montrose on Nov. 9. "It is our belief that there is going to be a disaster" if the pipeline is expanded, said Linda Snider, one of the arrested activists. "We're trying to prevent a disaster."

Call Gov. Cuomo To Save Half A Million Trees

January 15, 2016 Stop the Pipeline, www.popularresistance.org , ,
By Stop the Pipeline. New York - The Constitution Pipeline Company has asked permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to START CUTTING TREES for its proposed fracked-gas pipeline, which would rip through the heart of New York State. If allowed, the pipeline company will soon cut more than half a million trees in flood-prone central NY. Take action and call Governor Cuomo today. 877-235-6537 or 518-474-8390 TELL HIM TO… STOP CONSTITUTION PIPELINE FROM CUTTING TREES! DON’T let FERC override his authority by pushing through a pipeline OUR STATE HAS NOT GIVEN PERMISSION TO BUILD! STOP this proposed FRACKED-GAS PIPELINE once and for all by DENYING THE 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATE!

TransCanada Will Sue In Trade Tribunal Over KXL

January 7, 2016 Samantha Page, www.thinkprogress.org , , , ,
By Samantha Page for Think Progress - TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, announced Wednesday it is filing a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), saying that the project’s permit denial was “arbitrary and unjustified.” TransCanada is seeking $15 billion in costs and damages due to the denial, and has also filed a separate lawsuit against the U.S. in federal court. Under NAFTA, companies can sue governments that put investments at risk through regulation. If it proceeds, the case will go in front of an international tribunal.

Peace Pagoda Monks To Walk Path Of Pipeline

January 7, 2016 Richie Davis, www.recorder.com , ,
By Richie Davis for The Recorder - At first blush, it might seem like environmental issues, and environmental controversies like the proposed Tennessee Gas Pipeline project through western Massachusetts, have nothing to do with the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. But King was a champion of environmental justice, the principle that all people are entitled to a clean and healthy environment, free of the effects of materialism and corporate greed. So the Leverett Peace Pagoda plans to lead a three day, 34-mile Martin Luther King Walk in opposition of the TGP’s proposed Northeast Energy Direct project, beginning Jan. 16 from the Northfield compressor station site.

A Third Shutdown Of An Enbridge Pipeline

January 6, 2016 Staff, www.canadians.org , ,
By Staff of The Council of Canadians - Early yesterday morning, someone shut down Enbridge’s Line 7 oil pipeline near Cambridge Ontario by activating a shutoff valve. This is the third time in less than a month that an Enbridge pipeline was turned off- but the first time that it was done anonymously. On December 7th, activists in Quebec closed a valve on Line 9 and locked themselves to the equipment putting the controversial pipeline out of service for most of the day and resulting in three arrests.

Feds Block Citizen Web Portal As Key Deadline Looms

January 4, 2016 Mary Serreze, www.masslive.com , , ,
By Mary Serreze for Mass Live - Foes of interstate gas pipeline expansion in New England cried foul Sunday night as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's e-filing system remained shut down, three days before a key deadline passes for citizen participation in the matter of Kinder Morgan's proposed 415-mile Northeast Energy Direct. Individuals, towns and businesses hoping to apply as "intervenors" in the pipeline case have until 5 p.m. on Jan. 6 to file motions with the federal regulators. But they have been blocked in their efforts since Dec. 31, and were previously blocked from the FERC web portal over the long Christmas weekend.
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