Pipelines

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.

Newsletter: Heroes In The War At Home

December 6, 2015 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Baltimore, Black Panthers, Carbon infrastructure, Clean Energy, Climate Change, COP21, Corporate crime, Fracking, Fred Hampton, Freddie Grey, Net Neutrality, Paris, Pipelines, Police Brutrality, Racism, TISA, TPP, Uranium, wealth inequality

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance. Forty six years ago this week, 21 year old Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was murdered in his bed by Chicago police and the FBI. Hampton was a hero to many in his community for the work he did to feed hungry schoolchildren, create peace in his high school and within his community as a leader of the Black Panthers. His crime was being intelligent, talented and effective. In his short life, he rattled the power structure. In the war at home - the elite's war on the poor, hungry, homeless, sick, young and old - there are many heroes. Maybe this is one aspect of the US' war culture we can embrace - honoring our heroes and sheroes. In memory of the late Howard Zinn, let's honor those who work everyday for justice and peace. We are making a difference. Let's change the culture by lifting up the change-makers - those who make the world a better place - as our role models and heroes. Let's remember people like Fred Hampton. As Bill Simpich writes about Hampton and others killed for their activism, "They died in the war at home. They died holding this country to its promises. They died so we can be free. Hold them in the place of the highest honor."

Former Inspectors Allege Safety Issues With Spectra Pipeline Project

December 2, 2015 Steve Ahlquist, www.spectraexposed.or Resist! Pipelines

By Steve Ahlquist for Spectra Exposed - Two safety inspectors who worked on Spectra Energy’s proposed methane gas pipeline that will cut through Burrillville, RI, say the company cut corners when it came to project, worker and environmental safety. “Right now, what they’re hoping to do, is they’re hoping to slam all this through, and then at the end ask for forgiveness,” said one of the former inspectors. “Oops, sorry about that, I didn’t know, let me write you a check. Because once this thing’s turning meter, they’re going to be making millions of dollars a day. It doesn’t matter what your problems are…” The other added, “We were told to shut the fuck up or quit.”

Pray With Your Feet

November 24, 2015 Chris Hedges, www.truthdig.com Resist! Climate Change, New York (NY), Pipelines

By Chris Hedges for Truth Dig - MONTROSE, N.Y.—It was 6:30 in the morning and George Packard, dressed in a dark suit, a purple clerical bib and a clerical collar, was at church. Or, rather, at what has become church for the retired Episcopal bishop, activist and highly decorated Vietnam War veteran. Packard stood with 20 other protesters on a chilly morning Nov. 9 to block two roads leading to the staging area for Texas-based Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline project. After an hour, he and eight other protesters were arrested by New York state police.

Blockadia Gets Real

November 23, 2015 Clarity, www.saneenergyproject.org Resist! Pipelines, Protests

By Clarity for Sane Energy Project - When you think about the kind of person who would blockade a backhoe with their body, Nancy Vann might not be whom you’d picture. Mild-mannered to the point of needing frequent reminders to speak up, her fine-boned body is surgically pieced back together after a long-ago car accident that left her walking with a cane and merits a handicap-parking permit. The former financial services lawyer is a homeowner in the Reynolds Hills community near Peekskill, New York. This bucolic bungalow colony had been a peaceful place until the recent arrival of tree cutting equipment, brought in by Spectra Energy to clear a route for their Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline.

NYers Say No To Spectra Pipeline, Homeowner Protest, Tree Sit & More

November 20, 2015 Resist! AIM Pipeline, Pipelines, Spectra

Local resident Nancy Vann stopped clearcutting through the Reynolds Hills area today by standing within 300 feet of where construction crews were scheduled to begin clearing trees to make way for the AIM pipeline, a high-pressure 42 inch-diameter gas pipeline being built without the permission of the community. She was joined by Peekskill Councilmember Kathleen Talbot, who stood nearby to show support. By standing within 300 feet of the clearcutting site, worker crews cannot proceed without violating their own safety guidelines. Vann says that she is taking a stand for the safety of the whole region. "They claim to be concerned about my safety - but what about the safety of the 20 million people at risk from a pipeline accident at Indian Point? Or the thousands at risk from asthma and other health problems in this environmental justice community?" Spectra Energy's Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) project would involve building a high-pressure 42-inch diameter pipeline within 100 feet of critical structures of Indian Point and would expose local communities to toxic emissions from compressor stations along the pipeline path. Her protests were joinedby others with blockade's, tree-sits and more.

Mass. AG No Need For Gas Pipelines

November 20, 2015 Jack Newsham, www.bostonglobe.com Resist! Pipelines

By Jack Newsham for The Boston Globe - Attorney General Maura Healey, who by law represents consumers in utility cases, said Wednesday that the state can meet its energy needs and lower costs without building new natural gas pipelines, citing a study that calls instead for improving energy efficiency and management. The study was commissioned by Healey’s office, but financed by two national foundations that have contributed to environmental causes. In its report, the Boston consulting firm Analysis Group Inc. concluded that increasing energy efficiency and encouraging electricity users to scale back their use when demand and prices are high would keep the lights on and save consumers $146 million per year through 2030.

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