Pipelines

Algonquin Pipeline Foes Defend Protest In Court

January 16, 2016 Matt Spillane, www.lohud.com Resist! Climate Change, Environment, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

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 Petitions and Online Actions Environment, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

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 Educate! Canada, Environment, NAFTA, Pipelines, TPP

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 Resist! Environment, Gas, Pipelines

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 Resist! Canada, Pipelines, Tar Sands

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 Educate! FERC, Kinder Morgan, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

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.

Protesters Shut Down Eminent Domain Hearing In Monkton

January 2, 2016 Michael Polhamus, www.reformer.com Resist! eminent domain, Pipelines, Protests, Vermont

By Michael Polhamus for Battleboro Reformer - MONKTON, VT - Protesters shut down an eminent domain hearing Wednesday in Monkton's Volunteer Fire Department Hall. The demonstration delayed what was to be the first of three hearings to be held by the Public Service Board as part of eminent domain proceedings for three private properties. Vermont Gas has permission from 98 percent of landowners to build a pipeline through Addison County. The company, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Gaz Metro, has constructed a section in Chittenden County and plans to lay another 30 miles of pipeline from Williston to Middlebury.

Rising Tide Vermont Escalates Resistance To Pipeline

January 1, 2016 Staff, www.itsgoingdown.org Resist! Pipelines, Vermont

By Staff of It's Going Down - On December 30th, 2015 Rising Tide Vermont organized a shut down of the hearing proceedings to determine logistics in Vermont Gas Systems’ declaration of eminent domain over the land of Vermonters living in the small rural town of Monkton, VT. Activists from various climate justice organizations gathered inside of where the hearing was to be held. As the hearing officer began the proceedings a Monkton native stood up and interrupted him with the indignation of so many courageous elderly Vermonters who have been bullied and harassed for years by the corporate pigs of Vermont Gas.

Activists Shut Down Enbridge Line 9 In Canada Again

December 22, 2015 Mike Roy, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Canada, Pipelines, Protests

By Mike Roy for Revolution News - For the second time in as many weeks activists in Canada have occupied and shut down Line 9 Endbridge’s 300,000 barrel per day oil pipe line. This action effectively shuts down the flow of bitumen oil from the Alberta Tar Sands into the United States. The activists arrived at the Endbridge site just West of Sarnia, Ontario at 8AM and proceeded with closing the valve and locking themselves to the equipment. Line 9 is a highly contested tar sands pipeline that began shipping crude earlier this month between Sarnia and Montreal. Those involved assert that the operation of line 9 is a violation of indigenous sovereignty and treaty rights.

Pipeline Ruckus: Turning Public Hearing To Taped Comment

December 18, 2015 William Petroski, www.desmoinesregister.com Resist! Iowa, Pipelines

By William Petroski, for The Des Moines ReA ruckus developed Wednesday night when opponents of the proposed Bakken oil pipeline angrily accused Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials of trying to prevent them from publicly voicing objections at a meeting attended by about 150 people in Des Moines. Many people stood in the audience and loudly complained, with some criticizing Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa DNR Director Chuck Gipp while describing the proceedings as a sham. Gipp strongly rejected the allegations, saying the DNR was trying to be fair to all sides and follow Iowa law.

People’s Injunction Calls Out Trudeau For Breaking Pipeline Promise

December 18, 2015 Staff, www.350.org Resist! Climate Change, Pipelines

By Staff of 360.org - Prime Minister Trudeau and his party promised to include climate change and to respect community voices – especially First Nations – in pipeline reviews. Now, just weeks after taking office, they are breaking that promise and refusing to suspend or cancel the reviews of the Energy East and Trans-Mountain pipelines. The Plan. Prime Minister Trudeau and his party promised to include climate change and to respect community voices – especially First Nations – in pipeline reviews. Now, just weeks after taking office, they are breaking that promise and refusing to suspend or cancel the reviews of the Energy East and Trans-Mountain pipelines.

Santa And Grandparents Arrested For Climate Defense

December 16, 2015 Rising Tide Vermont, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Vermont

By Rising Tide Vermont for Popular Resistance. Burlington, VT - Fred Wolfe, the former Santa of Strafford, VT, is awaiting a jury trial with the surviving members of The Williston Six in Chittenden County in the next few weeks. In September 2015, Wolfe and five other grandparent activists were arrested on trespassing charges by Williston Police, while blocking the pipeline construction staging site of Vermont Gas Systems on Route 2. Now, the State of Vermont is seeking jail time for the five activists. (One of the defendants, Nina Swaim, died of a stroke on October 15th, shortly after the September action.) The group says the project, and all fossil fuels, threaten the future of their grandchildren and future generations.

Canada’s Indigenous Bands Rise Up Against A Tar Sands Pipeline

December 15, 2015 Jim Robbins, www.e360.yale.edu Resist! Indigenous Peoples, Pipelines, Tar Sands

By Jim Robbins for Yale Environment 360 - Sitting in his office on the outskirts of Montreal, Serge Otis Simon, council chief of the Kanesatake — a band of Mohawks — is clear about what might happen if the proposed Energy East Pipeline is routed through the band's land, in spite of their opposition. "The Warrior Society are men whose duty is given by creation to protect the land, people, and community," he told me, describing a group of Mohawks who go by that name. "I can't think of a more honorable way to be killed than standing in the way of that pipeline." The rhetoric may be extreme, but it reflects the passions surrounding the debate over oil and gas pipelines in Canada. And it may well not be...

Does The US Government Actually Regulate Pipelines?

December 9, 2015 Dahr Jamail, www.truth-out.org Educate! Climate Change, Pipelines, United States

By Dahr Jamail for Truthout - While global leaders meet in Paris at the COP21 climate talks in an effort to rein in global greenhouse gas emissions, the fossil fuel industry continues with business as usual. In far west Texas, that means a proposal for a controversial high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline in a state that already boasts 431,997 miles of pipelines - enough to stretch to the moon and most of the way back to earth. The additional 143-mile-long, 42-inch-diameter Trans-Pecos pipeline will be built right through the heart of Texas' starkly beautiful and remote Chihuahuan Desert, asTruthout previously reported. The aim of the pipeline is purportedly to deliver natural gas from Texas to Mexico, where it is, in theory, in high demand.

Lockdown On Line 9 Infrastructure At Quebec-Ontario Border

December 8, 2015 David Gray-Donald, www.mediacoop.ca Resist! Canada, Pipelines

By David Gray-Donald for Media Co-Op - Several people have locked themselves to infrastructure of Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline this morning, Dec 7, near where it crosses the Ontario - Qubec border in the municipality of St-Justine-de-Newton. This action has caused Enbridge to stop the flow of oil as of now. The 40-year old pipeline recently got final approval from the National Energy Board (NEB) to have its flow reversed, and has begun moving heavy western oils from west to east, it has been reported. There has been strong opposition along the line for a variety of reasons, including Line 9's role in tar sands expansion and climate change.

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