David Blackmon has posted a column at Forbes pointing out the developing methods of well-funded anti-pipeline groups in which a number of new gas and oil pipeline projects around the country are experiencing delays thanks to their chicanery. Blackmon points out: 1) A stop-work order was issued by FERC on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline on…
The Bayou Bridge Pipeline, a major crude oil pipeline under construction in southern Louisiana, is almost completed. But, despite approval and assurances of safety by state regulators, environmentalists allege the pipeline is a danger to the Atchafalaya Basin. Some environmentalists are so passionate in their opposition to the pipeline that they are living in trees…
A very interesting post by The Republican Standard shows eco-terrorism against pipeline construction has made its way to southern Virginia. Citing the Virginians Against Pipelines Facebook page, there are numerous references to methods of sabotage conducted by Earth First! against logging, such as tree spikes, since trees have to be cleared for pipeline construction. Tree…
This is from two years ago but it is a good example of how the press did not tell the truth about the Dakota Access Pipeline terrorists. He does a masterful job of refuting the claim that dogs were let loose on the criminals and the image of a dog with blood on its face…
Environmentalist groups and their native American allies are gearing up for a fight over a recently approved upgrade to an oil pipeline that crosses the state. According to The Wall Street Journal, local sheriffs have been in contact with law enforcement in North Dakota seeking advice on how to handle protesters. What police in Minnesota,…
The federal government of Canada recently announced it will purchase the Transmountain pipeline for $4.5 billion. According to The New York Times, the edifice transports oil from Alberta to a sea port in a Vancouver, British Columbia suburb. The pipeline has garnered strong opposition from environmentalist and native Indian groups, in which a spokesperson named…
Construction equipment owned by the company constructing the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana has been vandalized in which the cost estimates total about $50,000. The pipeline company blames environmentalists for the sabotage. According to the Associated Press, the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office states that, while the pipeline itself was undamaged, hydraulic hoses and electrical lines…
