Posts Tagged ‘pipeline’

Appeals court agrees that Dakota Access Pipeline river crossing is illegal

A federal appeals court has struck another blow against the contested Dakota Access Pipeline. A three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court of Appeals from the D.C. Circuit agreed Tuesday with a lower court ruling that the pipeline‘s crossing at the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation is illegal and requires an in-depth environmental review, the Grand Forks […]

Biden expected to cancel Keystone XL pipeline on day one of presidency

President-elect Joe Biden is planning to make canceling the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline project his priority on day one of his presidency, says several sources.  According to EcoWatch, the words “Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit” were reportedly listed on a briefing note shared by the Biden transition team with U.S. stakeholders as part of […]

Cruz Blocks Democrat-Backed Bill that Would Open Pipeline of Migrants from Hong Kong to U.S.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), at the last minute on Friday, blocked a Democrat-backed bill that would have created a pipeline for Hong Kong citizens to come to the U.S. under Temporary Protection Status or asylum, which virtually would allow for a massive transfer of migrants into the country. The bill, the Hong Kong People’s Freedom […]

Indigenous-led Resistance To Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline Threatens Big Oil

Above photo: Water protectors protest Line 3 pipeline construction in Minnesota. Twitter/@GiniwCollective. Water protectors in Minnesota are kicking off what could be the climate movement’s next massive, sustained direct action campaign. When Dawn Goodwin went down to the bank of the upper Mississippi River on Dec. 4, she just wanted to spend some time honoring […]

Wet’suwet’en Call On Province To Close Pipeline Work Camps

By Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee. December 4, 2020 Above photo: Work camps like this one at the LNG project in Kitimat should be shut down to protect Indigenous communities from COVID-19 risks, say Wet’suwet’en chiefs. LNG Canada. Female chiefs say COVID-19 risk means work on oil and gas projects shouldn’t be classed as an […]

Lockdown To Stop The Keystone XL Pipeline

By 2KC Media, Facebook. November 22, 2020 Above photo: From the 2KC Media Facebook Page. STOP the desecration No KXL Shut it Down!  Live from Sovereign Oceti Sakowin Territory in so-called Haakon county, South Dakota at one of many active and illegal KXL Crude Oil Pipeline Pump Stations. Illegal Construction on Treaty Lands. Protectors have […]

IS claims strike on Egypt-Israel gas pipeline; Israeli official said to deny it

The Islamic State terror group claimed Thursday that its forces had blown up a gas pipeline between Israel and Egypt. A blast hit the el-Arish al-Qantara natural gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula, Reuters reported, citing testimony from witnesses and local Egyptian authorities. IS claimed responsibility in a message on its Telegram channel, but did not […]

ISIS claims gas pipeline blast between Egypt and Israel without evidence

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Minnesota Permits for Line 3 Pipeline approved. Indigenous and Climate Leaders are left outraged

Last week, Minnesota regulators approved key permits for the Line 3 Pipeline replacement, leaving environmental and Indigenous leaders outraged. They have called on Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to block any construction on the project.  These approvals from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the Department of Natural Resources clear the way for the long-delayed […]

Israeli pipeline operator signs preliminary deal to transport UAE oil to Europe

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Members Of Secwépemc Unity Camp Shut Down Trans Mountain Pipeline

Above photo: Members of the We, the Secwépemc Unity Camp to Stop the Trans Mountain Pipeline took their message to Trans Mountain’s worksite off Mission Flats Road on Oct. 15, 2020. Facebook. Mounties make arrests at Trans Mountain worksite in Kamloops. On Oct. 15, members of the We, the Secwépemc Unity Camp to Stop the Trans Mountain […]

Way Down In The Hole: Pipeline Lockdown

Protests against the four-year infrastructure project have been heating up as the company wraps up construction at the conduit’s northern end at the Newtown Creek — leaving activists worried the utility company will start running liquified natural gas as soon as next week. The north Brooklyn protest follows a rally outside National Grid’s MetroTech headquarters […]

Fracked Gas Pipeline In Brooklyn Continues

Above photo: Climate activist Gabriel Jamison says Brownsville wants renewable energy, not more fracked gas. Claire Haughey. Despite Calls to Stop Construction Immediately. The pipeline would carry fracked gas through Brownsville, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Williamsburg and Greenpoint. New York City – Fracked gas could soon be running through a new pipeline near you, despite rising calls […]

Ceremony To Stop A Pipeline

By Amandalina Letterio, Castanet. September 29, 2020 Above photo: Secwepemc canoe and kayak celebration took place Saturday morning. Anushka Nagji. First Nations activists gather at Adams Lake in opposition to Trans Mountain pipeline project. A group of Secwepemc people held a canoe and kayak ceremony Saturday morning in Kamloops in opposition to the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project drilling […]

Navalny Poisoning – The Real Target is Russian-German Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

US-NATO continue building “momentum” behind Navalny incident – hope to end Nord Stream 2 pipeline before facts emerge, the pipeline is completed, and as all other options have so-far failed.  September 6, 2020 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) – Alexei Navalny is the ideal opposition figure for any incumbent government – he is ineffective, unpopular, and transparently compromised […]

Qatari envoy says he’ll meet Israeli gas company to discuss pipeline to Gaza

Qatari envoy Mohammad al-Emadi will meet with officials from the Israeli Delek gas company to discuss plans for laying a natural gas pipeline to Gaza, according to a statement issued by al-Emadi’s Gaza Reconstruction Committee. A spokesperson for Delek Drilling did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Such an official meeting between the Qatari envoy […]

Pipeline explosion causes blackout in Syria, minister says evidence points to ‘terrorist attack’

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US Threatens European backers of Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, NATO in DC’s Crosshairs

The U.S. is starting to fret about the imminent completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the second of two underwater gas pipelines running from the Russian Baltic city of Ust-Luga to Greifswald, Germany, and has begun issuing informal threats of repercussions to companies who are backing the nearly-finished project.  According to unnamed sources, at […]

Climate Justice And The Kinder Morgan Pipeline: Is This The Next Standing Rock?

Climate Justice And The Kinder Morgan Pipeline: Is This The Next Standing Rock? Above Photo: From climatejusticeproject.org May 2018. “Standing Rock is everywhere now.” We heard this refrain time and again in the days and weeks that followed the violent defeat and eviction of Standing Rock’s Water Protectors at the Oceti Sakowin camp on the banks of the […]

“We Are Going To Not Allow Kinder Morgan To Finish This Pipeline”

“We Are Going To Not Allow Kinder Morgan To Finish This Pipeline” Above Photo: C: Emma Cassidy, Greenpeace As the clock ticks down until the May 31 deadline over the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project, which will triple the amount of tar sands being transported from Alberta to the British Columbian coast, the campaign […]

Privatization: The School-To-Prison Pipeline And Inequities In Education

Privatization: The School-To-Prison Pipeline And Inequities In Education Above Photo: From Badassteacher.o We must come to terms with the fact that for People of Color, especially Black people, the Promise of Public Education was never realized. As we engage in this fight for Public Education and what it should be for all children, it is imperative […]

Full stream ahead: Bulgaria wants natural gas pipeline directly from Russia

     Amid talk of European energy security and diversification of gas supplies, Bulgaria has proposed building another pipeline to get gas directly from Russia, according to President Rumen Radev. The Balkan nation currently gets Russian natural gas by transit through Ukraine and other Gazprom customers in Europe. Last year, sales of the blue fuel to […]

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Faces Civil Rights Complaint After Key Permit Is Blocked

A federal court has invalidated a key permit for the Atlantic Coast pipeline project, a step that could give civil rights advocates more time to build their environmental justice case against the $6 billion project to carry natural gas from West Virginia to North Carolina. Opponents of the Atlantic Coast pipeline allege the Dominion Energy-led project would […]

Pipeline Outrage Is A Human Issue, Not A Political Issue

Pipeline Outrage Is A Human Issue, Not A Political Issue Above Photo: Red Terry at a pipeline protest in Waynesboro, Virginia (Photo: WHSV.com) The fight against pipelines can unite progressives and libertarians, city folk and country folk. I almost cried at a press conference, watching a mother and her grown daughter explain the dramatic lengths they’d […]

Pipeline Spews Raw Crude Oil in Oklahoma City

Raw crude oil spewed from a ruptured Sunoco pipeline in Oklahoma on Thursday. The Oklahoma City Fire Department and hazmat crews responded to the situation after receiving reports of a “yellow liquid” shooting into the air near an oil and gas well site in Edmond, a suburb outside of Oklahoma City. Officials briefly closed off […]

Riyadh to fund, Taliban to protect TAPI gas pipeline

IFP- While Iranian officials maintain that it is unlikely the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) pipeline project becomes operational, Saudi Arabia has pledged to provide its investment and Taliban militants vowed to secure it. Taliban Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the militants are ready to guarantee the security of TAPI Pipeline. Attending a ceremony to launch the project, he […]

A Young Tree Sitter Starves In A Tent 50 Feet High To Stop A Pipeline

A Young Tree Sitter Starves In A Tent 50 Feet High To Stop A Pipeline Above Photo: From Itsgoingdown.org Jackson Phillips, friend of Farmlands Fighting Pipelines and Appalachians Fighting Pipelines reports from the ground in Appalachia on the situation facing tree sitters and local residents fighting against pipelines. When a young girl got up in […]

Libyan oil pipeline attacked by ‘terrorist group’

A Libyan crude pipeline owned by the al-Waha oil company, feeding the port of Es Sider, was set on fire on Saturday causing the loss of between 70,000 barrels per day and 100,000 bpd, state firm NOC said. NOC said on its Twitter feed the cause of the fire on the El-Zkout […]

Resistance Against The Mountain Valley Pipeline Grows

Resistance Against The Mountain Valley Pipeline Grows Tree Sits Launched on Family Farm in Franklin County Franklin County, VA – In the farmlands of Franklin County, a new stand against the Mountain Valley Pipeline has begun. Three tree sits loom directly in the path of the pipeline’s destruction, making it impossible to clear the way without […]

Lockdown To Stop The Bayou Bridge Pipeline

Lockdown To Stop The Bayou Bridge Pipeline MAURICE, LA – On the morning of April 18th a water protector locked herself into a cement filled barrel placed in the trench of a horizontal directional drill on a construction site of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Over a dozen more water protectors from L’eau est La Vie […]

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