“I’m Not a Criminal… Enbridge Is”: Charges Tossed Against Winona LaDuke & Others for Pipeline Action
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- A Minnesota judge has dismissed criminal charges against three Indigenous water protectors who were arrested for protesting oil extraction on treaty-ceded Anishinaabe land. Winona LaDuke, Tania Aubid and Dawn Goodwin were arrested in January 2021 after police saw video shared on social media of the three women singing, dancing and praying near construction crews for Canadian energy company Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. In a landmark opinion, Judge Leslie Metzen affirmed the protesters’ free speech rights, writing that “to criminalize their behavior would be the crime.” We go to the White Earth Indian Reservation to speak to Winona LaDuke, an Anishinaabekwe enrolled member of the Mississippi band of Ashinaabeg and a longtime environmental activist, about the case and the ongoing protests against Line 3. “I’m glad to not be in jail,” says LaDuke. “I’m not a criminal, and Enbridge is.”
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Your coverage of indigenous struggles is some of the best in settler media, thank you for giving decolonization the proper airtime and amplifying it to not just settler audiences but international audiences so they can understand why solidarity with indigenous people everywhere is an ethical duty of us all even aside from the benefits in the fight against climate changes worst outcomes.
Thank you Judge Metzen.
And thank you, sisters.. keep the fight ✊️.
Winona LaDuke should be given the Presidential Award of Freedom for her ongoing activism and brave, incredibly brave work.
fter 30 years with the environmental justice group Honor The Earth, co-founder and executive director Winona LaDuke says she's resigning. It comes after the group lost a $750,000 sexual harassment case.
These pipelines must be stopped. The contractors must be charged. Their CEOs arrested because, after all, "corporations are people too".
I'd be on trial for murder. Preach, brother
Seen where there are actually vigilante type activist defending the Amazon rainforest.Most of which are younger activist..
Seemingly the nice methods of common protesters aren't very effective.
These vigilante activists of the rainforest simply address logging corporations with brute Force.. Thinking America needs a few of these vigilante types opposing pipelines.. Enough is enough when it comes to Big oil destroying the planet..
Prayers of hope, love and strength to all. From Scotland. Thank you.
We rarely see Justice anymore these days. Bravo to these defenders of the Earth!
Thank you for all you do dear, Winona La Duke.
fter 30 years with the environmental justice group Honor The Earth, co-founder and executive director Winona LaDuke says she's resigning. It comes after the group lost a $750,000 sexual harassment case.
Free All Water Protectors!
Land back, dismantle the bourgeois settler dictatorship! Workers stand with the oppressed peoples of the world, unite!
I commend all the Water Protectors and Activists!💐 She’s definitely right. We really need to reduce our consumption.
Isn’t it a shame 😢, that we the people, can be poisoned by the rich. 🥺then the rich put us in jail , for trying to protect ourselves ☹️
LaDuke should run for Senate. Or better yet,...the next Head of the Dept. of Interior.
Much obliged Water Protectors, Democracy Now.
Winona for President ❤️!!!🐞so glad the judge did her job right!⚘️
fter 30 years with the environmental justice group Honor The Earth, co-founder and executive director Winona LaDuke says she's resigning. It comes after the group lost a $750,000 sexual harassment case.
well, its a good thing that Minnesota recognizes the power that is Winona LaDuke!! She is a beast, and I stand with her and the Earth People! Hearing the war song for the Earth touched my soul.
She is a true warrior of our peoples.
Minnesota rocks!!
I ❤️ Winona! A brave and strong woman. Water is life.
Winona is , as always, a tireless defender of all that is precious and worth preserving on this beautiful planet. We are all thrilled that the water defenders have not gone to jail do that they and others can continue fighting Enbridge.
fter 30 years with the environmental justice group Honor The Earth, co-founder and executive director Winona LaDuke says she's resigning. It comes after the group lost a $750,000 sexual harassment case.
Why aren't politicians who pass laws in violation of the Constitution removed from office under the 14th amendment?!?
Imagine the laws actually being upheld
Oh birdie , we need millions more of intelligent 🤓 people like you ❤ !
@@curtrice6060 Thank you, I appreciate that. 😀
Good news.
Thank you, water protectors and climate activists. So sorry to hear the other woman was sentenced to 1 year, but at least her conscience will be free and easy. 🤗
Can these corporations see that the earth is injured and all of the weather changes all over the world? WTF?!!!!!!
They don’t care about anything besides money. Money, money, money.
Most of the corporate leaders are completely insulated from reality in their huge gated estates with armies of staff. They think that the climate won't affect them directly, but eventually it will. Some are Evangelical Christian zealots and they think the world is gonna end anyway. If they were at least taxed fairly it would be a start to rein them in.
The Sahara twelve thousand years ago was a jungle much like the Amazon while North America was still buried under a mile of ice, I suppose that by your logic it was human climate change? Get some perspective and stop giving blind faith in proven propagandists liars.
Amy the Presenter demeanour is second to None.
She deserves A Noble Prize.
She reports on News the Mainstream Media usually does not Cover.
Don't You Think?
I LIKE Minded people like Amy.
Thanks to that great Minnesota judge who let the people go!
Minnesota is a beautiful state ❤ with highly intelligent people.
Public Law 280, is the specific law that requires criminal charges be dismissed in MN.
Minnesota rocks!
Climate change was predicted by my grandma in 1983 when she stated "in summer you'll see snow," she died in 1986 I was one of 5K military members who defended the water protectors at Standing Rock 2016 I applaud the bravery of those who protest pollution by big oil they're within their rights - freedom of speech - under the Bill of Rights. Period.
Awesome.
I am very disappointed in Ellison. He is that type of Black person who supports reparations but will not stand with his Indigenous brothers and sisters who have been just as wronged by this government as Black people. Disgusting.
Support and protect the Water Protectors!😮✨🌎🌍✨
Winona is a powerhouse...Lordy!
fter 30 years with the environmental justice group Honor The Earth, co-founder and executive director Winona LaDuke says she's resigning. It comes after the group lost a $750,000 sexual harassment case.
Wooo! Winona!
Its a strange day when clean water supplies being protected becomes a crime.😢
*EPA WHERE ARE YOU!?!*
what is the 'time theft' charges that are owned me/ it would be trillions! what are the time theft charges against Mother Earth that this company polluting our land, people and air and water are guilty of? what are the time theft charges to all the people and economy of this planet? trillions of dollars, it them that owe you 'time theft ' for taking your time, and mine, and all others that want life on earth!! HOPE
THE TRUTH IS UPSTOPPABLE!!!!
Sisters show the way.....!
Indigenous Global Foundation. Unify Indigenous worldwide, litigation unified to protect the LAND, WATER, and AIR.
Blessings and Kudos!
thnxs for the report believe the real issue is that they want to run that pipeline thru native american territory rather than the white folks land,,
The earth would be ok if women like Winona Laduke was in charge! God bless, protect and strengthen her! Line 5 under the Mackinaw straights has to be stopped as well!
I am Canadian. I absolutely agree with Winona. Time to commit to protecting our planet over making money for Enbridge and other similar companies.
"A lot of this green agenda is being pushed because someone somewhere is making a lot of money from it. Just like in COVID, when of course there was a great redistribution of wealth to the most richest people in the world and the biggest corporations. As well as power being taken away from the likes of you and I." ~Robert Oulds
judges like this make us trust your democracy! ❤️❤️🇺🇲🙌
Laduke should be president!
thank you for your service for the earth and the great spirit. love to you all .
Way too ❤️ my prayers are with you 💕😎
Termination of N.A.R.F.A
Thank you 🙏🏽 ⚡⚡⚡🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶
This was a really good interview, bravo!
It hurts knowing the planet is under the control of a corrupt few, and we must all live inside it.
Thanks for sharing this!!
great interview
Headline and REALITY.. Missouri Court rules that no probable cause is needed to execute arrests. Officer can come up with a charge after you've been processed and locked up.
Arrest the Corporate Criminals.
DN oblivion. Missouri court ruled this week that no probable cause is needed for arrest. Officer can come up with charge after you're locked up.
Do you have a source for this?
Do you have a source for this?
Do you have a source for this?
Spirits in a material world. Human 2.0. ShakeUp XR
Winona La Duke.
🙏🏿🙏🏿🌞🌞
Love and Gratitude to our sister Winona !
they're the best 🖤
This country was won and fought because people believed in doing the right thing. So if they're putting people in jail for trying to save water for everybody doingthe wright thing!!!!! then there is real evil among us in are country 😢
✌️🤨✌️ “I am not a crook.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's how fragile capitalism and their lies are, women singing and dancing can destroy them if truth, justice and decency exists.
Cops going to cop.
The crime is that their protest is futile
Prayers Up Wynona and Amy.
wait winona laduke wtf didnt she get caught up in a scandal herself recently ???????
Yoo Leslie!!!!!
I see always native Indians, where are all the American Indians??
🧡🧡 find the Indians!
✌️
That's not how you pronounce Anishanaabe. Aneesh naw bey
Namaskaram to ALL **"Rainbow Warriors"** who STAND with Brave Hearts against The Destroyers Of Mother Earth who Rape and Pillage HER For Profits~
Tired of waiting for white judges and police and lawyers to get on the side of life, we don’t have time.
White's still digging you All
what does this pipeline have to do with the water there?
You may want to watch this again to find the answer to your question.
i plan to it is long video@@polyphase4425
Search for the article: "Gas Pipelines: Harming Clean Water, People, and the Planet" from May, 24, 2021 on NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) website for a sample of the context
Mariner East 2 pipeline travels 350 miles from Ohio and West Virginia through Pennsylvania. A gas liquids pipeline developed by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), its construction led to contamination of drinking water sources for dozens of families and farms along the pipeline route. It’s also responsible for 320 spills between 2017 and 2020, reportedly releasing into the environment up to 405,990 gallons of drilling fluid, with more than 260,000 gallons spilled illegally into Pennsylvania waterways. One spill last August released more than 8,000 gallons of drilling fluids into a wetland and stream system that drains into Marsh Creek Lake, a drinking water reservoir near Philadelphia. Building the pipeline has also caused dozens of sinkholes, reportedly endangering some homes and damaging others.
Also an ETP project, Rover is a 713-mile gas pipeline that travels from West Virginia, through Pennsylvania and Ohio, to Michigan. It’s reported that the company “racked up more than 800 state and federal permit violations while racing to build two of the nation's largest natural gas pipelines.” One spill alone was more than 2 million gallons. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Rover a so-called “blanket certificate”-the authority to conduct routine construction activities without first seeking permission from FERC-precisely because it concluded Rover “could not be relied upon to comply with the environmental regulations required for all blanket certificate projects.” The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions generated by the project are estimated to be 145 million metric tons. And FERC recently proposed a $20 million fine for Rover because it allegedly destroyed a historic Ohio property without notifying authorities or obtaining permission.
Another one of ETP’s greatest hits, the Revolution Pipeline in Pennsylvania is only 40 miles long but in that short distance has caused significant damage. A 2018 explosion on this pipeline destroyed a home and resulted in a civil penalty of $30.6 million. Fortunately, no people were hurt. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also determined that Revolution pipeline destroyed at least 23 streams and 17 wetlands and damaged another 120 streams 70 wetlands. There are hundreds of additional allegations related to this project.
Still under construction, Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch from West Virginia across the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia. It’s a joint venture of EQM Midstream Partners, NextEra Energy, Con Edison Transmission, AltaGas Ltd., and RGC Midstream. With hundreds of planned water crossings, MVP has already agreed to pay more than $2 million in penalties for more than 350 water quality violations cited by Virginia and West Virginia, and it’s not even close to being completed. No other large pipeline has ever been approved across this many miles of steep slopes and high landslide risk areas-more than 200 miles of “high landslide susceptibility.” Steeper slopes typically mean greater threats to clean rivers and streams as well as increased risks of explosions. The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that the project would generate if fully utilized are estimated at almost 90 million metric tons a year-the equivalent of 23 average U.S. coal plants or over 19 million passenger vehicles. MVP faces numerous lawsuits alleging violations of our bedrock environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Another one of ETP’s greatest hits, the Revolution Pipeline in Pennsylvania is only 40 miles long but in that short distance has caused significant damage. A 2018 explosion on this pipeline destroyed a home and resulted in a civil penalty of $30.6 million. Fortunately, no people were hurt. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also determined that Revolution pipeline destroyed at least 23 streams and 17 wetlands and damaged another 120 streams 70 wetlands. There are hundreds of additional allegations related to this project.
Still under construction, Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch from West Virginia across the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia. It’s a joint venture of EQM Midstream Partners, NextEra Energy, Con Edison Transmission, AltaGas Ltd., and RGC Midstream. With hundreds of planned water crossings, MVP has already agreed to pay more than $2 million in penalties for more than 350 water quality violations cited by Virginia and West Virginia, and it’s not even close to being completed. No other large pipeline has ever been approved across this many miles of steep slopes and high landslide risk areas-more than 200 miles of “high landslide susceptibility.” Steeper slopes typically mean greater threats to clean rivers and streams as well as increased risks of explosions. The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that the project would generate if fully utilized are estimated at almost 90 million metric tons a year-the equivalent of 23 average U.S. coal plants or over 19 million passenger vehicles. MVP faces numerous lawsuits alleging violations of our bedrock environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Midship is a 200-mile pipeline in Oklahoma built by Cheniere Energy. Dozens of Oklahoma farmers allege that the pipeline has destroyed farmland, flooded fields, and removed the most important soil without restoring the land to its previous condition. FERC found that “Midship has failed to sufficiently resolve several specific restoration issues on agricultural lands throughout the project area. Some of the restoration issues that Midship has attempted to correct have reoccurred or remain unresolved…” Midship’s record follows a more widespread pattern, with farmers around the country reporting that pipeline companies have disregarded their knowledge and requests about routing and construction, to the point where Farm Journal published an article entitled “Pipelines and Farmers Battle Over Lifetime Loss.”
A joint venture of Duke Energy, NextEra Energy, and Enbridge Inc., Sabal Trail is a 515-mile pipeline that transports fracked gas from Alabama, through Georgia, to Florida. The vast majority of the route (84%) runs within a mile of communities of color or low income. Building Sabal Trail also destroyed farmland and contaminated water. A Georgia farmer reported that pipeline construction ruined more than 40 acres of topsoil on his farm and reduced his crop yield to less than half, and that pipeline owners ignored restoration commitments. He says “The experts have said this will take not only my lifetime, but multiple lifetimes to fix.”
Spire, a utility-owned pipeline, travels 65 miles from Illinois to Missouri. In that relatively short distance, it’s already been accused of causing tens of millions of dollars of harm to local farmers. In a story similar to others around the country, a local farmer begged Spire to construct its pipeline along the side of his farm. Nevertheless, it went right through the middle, reportedly removing topsoil and reducing crop yields. What’s more, it’s a perfect example of how FERC approves gas pipelines without rigorously analyzing whether they will benefit people. Our colleagues at the Environmental Defense Fund report that “FERC performed an illusory ‘analysis’ that rubber-stamped an unnecessary pipeline.” The D.C. Circuit is currently deciding whether to vacate FERC’s authorization of Spire on these grounds.
Transco to Charleston (T2C) in South Carolina is only 55 miles long but crosses 73 water bodies in a region of steep slopes and soils prone to erosion. Local residents were concerned about the risks of construction to their drinking water source. The Woodruff Roebuck Water District, which provides drinking water to 10,000 customers, was assured by Dominion Energy that their water source would not be harmed. Despite assurances, the community’s water treatment plant recorded dramatic increases in turbidity and sediment that required additional chemical treatment of their water and at one point forced the plant to shut down and buy water from another utility. State regulators ultimately fined Dominion Energy for the illegal discharge of sediment that contaminated this drinking water source.
Search for the article: "Gas Pipelines: Harming Clean Water, People, and the Planet" from May, 24, 2021 on NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) website for a sample of the context
Mariner East 2 pipeline travels 350 miles from Ohio and West Virginia through Pennsylvania. A gas liquids pipeline developed by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), its construction led to contamination of drinking water sources for dozens of families and farms along the pipeline route. It’s also responsible for 320 spills between 2017 and 2020, reportedly releasing into the environment up to 405,990 gallons of drilling fluid, with more than 260,000 gallons spilled illegally into Pennsylvania waterways. One spill last August released more than 8,000 gallons of drilling fluids into a wetland and stream system that drains into Marsh Creek Lake, a drinking water reservoir near Philadelphia. Building the pipeline has also caused dozens of sinkholes, reportedly endangering some homes and damaging others.
Also an ETP project, Rover is a 713-mile gas pipeline that travels from West Virginia, through Pennsylvania and Ohio, to Michigan. It’s reported that the company “racked up more than 800 state and federal permit violations while racing to build two of the nation's largest natural gas pipelines.” One spill alone was more than 2 million gallons. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Rover a so-called “blanket certificate”-the authority to conduct routine construction activities without first seeking permission from FERC-precisely because it concluded Rover “could not be relied upon to comply with the environmental regulations required for all blanket certificate projects.” The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions generated by the project are estimated to be 145 million metric tons. And FERC recently proposed a $20 million fine for Rover because it allegedly destroyed a historic Ohio property without notifying authorities or obtaining permission.
Another one of ETP’s greatest hits, the Revolution Pipeline in Pennsylvania is only 40 miles long but in that short distance has caused significant damage. A 2018 explosion on this pipeline destroyed a home and resulted in a civil penalty of $30.6 million. Fortunately, no people were hurt. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also determined that Revolution pipeline destroyed at least 23 streams and 17 wetlands and damaged another 120 streams 70 wetlands. There are hundreds of additional allegations related to this project.
Still under construction, Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch from West Virginia across the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia. It’s a joint venture of EQM Midstream Partners, NextEra Energy, Con Edison Transmission, AltaGas Ltd., and RGC Midstream. With hundreds of planned water crossings, MVP has already agreed to pay more than $2 million in penalties for more than 350 water quality violations cited by Virginia and West Virginia, and it’s not even close to being completed. No other large pipeline has ever been approved across this many miles of steep slopes and high landslide risk areas-more than 200 miles of “high landslide susceptibility.” Steeper slopes typically mean greater threats to clean rivers and streams as well as increased risks of explosions. The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that the project would generate if fully utilized are estimated at almost 90 million metric tons a year-the equivalent of 23 average U.S. coal plants or over 19 million passenger vehicles. MVP faces numerous lawsuits alleging violations of our bedrock environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Another one of ETP’s greatest hits, the Revolution Pipeline in Pennsylvania is only 40 miles long but in that short distance has caused significant damage. A 2018 explosion on this pipeline destroyed a home and resulted in a civil penalty of $30.6 million. Fortunately, no people were hurt. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also determined that Revolution pipeline destroyed at least 23 streams and 17 wetlands and damaged another 120 streams 70 wetlands. There are hundreds of additional allegations related to this project.
Still under construction, Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch from West Virginia across the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia. It’s a joint venture of EQM Midstream Partners, NextEra Energy, Con Edison Transmission, AltaGas Ltd., and RGC Midstream. With hundreds of planned water crossings, MVP has already agreed to pay more than $2 million in penalties for more than 350 water quality violations cited by Virginia and West Virginia, and it’s not even close to being completed. No other large pipeline has ever been approved across this many miles of steep slopes and high landslide risk areas-more than 200 miles of “high landslide susceptibility.” Steeper slopes typically mean greater threats to clean rivers and streams as well as increased risks of explosions. The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that the project would generate if fully utilized are estimated at almost 90 million metric tons a year-the equivalent of 23 average U.S. coal plants or over 19 million passenger vehicles. MVP faces numerous lawsuits alleging violations of our bedrock environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Midship is a 200-mile pipeline in Oklahoma built by Cheniere Energy. Dozens of Oklahoma farmers allege that the pipeline has destroyed farmland, flooded fields, and removed the most important soil without restoring the land to its previous condition. FERC found that “Midship has failed to sufficiently resolve several specific restoration issues on agricultural lands throughout the project area. Some of the restoration issues that Midship has attempted to correct have reoccurred or remain unresolved…” Midship’s record follows a more widespread pattern, with farmers around the country reporting that pipeline companies have disregarded their knowledge and requests about routing and construction, to the point where Farm Journal published an article entitled “Pipelines and Farmers Battle Over Lifetime Loss.”
A joint venture of Duke Energy, NextEra Energy, and Enbridge Inc., Sabal Trail is a 515-mile pipeline that transports fracked gas from Alabama, through Georgia, to Florida. The vast majority of the route (84%) runs within a mile of communities of color or low income. Building Sabal Trail also destroyed farmland and contaminated water. A Georgia farmer reported that pipeline construction ruined more than 40 acres of topsoil on his farm and reduced his crop yield to less than half, and that pipeline owners ignored restoration commitments. He says “The experts have said this will take not only my lifetime, but multiple lifetimes to fix.”
Spire, a utility-owned pipeline, travels 65 miles from Illinois to Missouri. In that relatively short distance, it’s already been accused of causing tens of millions of dollars of harm to local farmers. In a story similar to others around the country, a local farmer begged Spire to construct its pipeline along the side of his farm. Nevertheless, it went right through the middle, reportedly removing topsoil and reducing crop yields. What’s more, it’s a perfect example of how FERC approves gas pipelines without rigorously analyzing whether they will benefit people. Our colleagues at the Environmental Defense Fund report that “FERC performed an illusory ‘analysis’ that rubber-stamped an unnecessary pipeline.” The D.C. Circuit is currently deciding whether to vacate FERC’s authorization of Spire on these grounds.
Transco to Charleston (T2C) in South Carolina is only 55 miles long but crosses 73 water bodies in a region of steep slopes and soils prone to erosion. Local residents were concerned about the risks of construction to their drinking water source. The Woodruff Roebuck Water District, which provides drinking water to 10,000 customers, was assured by Dominion Energy that their water source would not be harmed. Despite assurances, the community’s water treatment plant recorded dramatic increases in turbidity and sediment that required additional chemical treatment of their water and at one point forced the plant to shut down and buy water from another utility. State regulators ultimately fined Dominion Energy for the illegal discharge of sediment that contaminated this drinking water source.
Search for the article: "Gas Pipelines: Harming Clean Water, People, and the Planet" from May, 24, 2021 on NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) website for a sample of the context
Mariner East 2 pipeline travels 350 miles from Ohio and West Virginia through Pennsylvania. A gas liquids pipeline developed by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), its construction led to contamination of drinking water sources for dozens of families and farms along the pipeline route. It’s also responsible for 320 spills between 2017 and 2020, reportedly releasing into the environment up to 405,990 gallons of drilling fluid, with more than 260,000 gallons spilled illegally into Pennsylvania waterways. One spill last August released more than 8,000 gallons of drilling fluids into a wetland and stream system that drains into Marsh Creek Lake, a drinking water reservoir near Philadelphia. Building the pipeline has also caused dozens of sinkholes, reportedly endangering some homes and damaging others.
Also an ETP project, Rover is a 713-mile gas pipeline that travels from West Virginia, through Pennsylvania and Ohio, to Michigan. It’s reported that the company “racked up more than 800 state and federal permit violations while racing to build two of the nation's largest natural gas pipelines.” One spill alone was more than 2 million gallons. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Rover a so-called “blanket certificate”-the authority to conduct routine construction activities without first seeking permission from FERC-precisely because it concluded Rover “could not be relied upon to comply with the environmental regulations required for all blanket certificate projects.” The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions generated by the project are estimated to be 145 million metric tons. And FERC recently proposed a $20 million fine for Rover because it allegedly destroyed a historic Ohio property without notifying authorities or obtaining permission.
Another one of ETP’s greatest hits, the Revolution Pipeline in Pennsylvania is only 40 miles long but in that short distance has caused significant damage. A 2018 explosion on this pipeline destroyed a home and resulted in a civil penalty of $30.6 million. Fortunately, no people were hurt. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also determined that Revolution pipeline destroyed at least 23 streams and 17 wetlands and damaged another 120 streams 70 wetlands. There are hundreds of additional allegations related to this project.
Still under construction, Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch from West Virginia across the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia. It’s a joint venture of EQM Midstream Partners, NextEra Energy, Con Edison Transmission, AltaGas Ltd., and RGC Midstream. With hundreds of planned water crossings, MVP has already agreed to pay more than $2 million in penalties for more than 350 water quality violations cited by Virginia and West Virginia, and it’s not even close to being completed. No other large pipeline has ever been approved across this many miles of steep slopes and high landslide risk areas-more than 200 miles of “high landslide susceptibility.” Steeper slopes typically mean greater threats to clean rivers and streams as well as increased risks of explosions. The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that the project would generate if fully utilized are estimated at almost 90 million metric tons a year-the equivalent of 23 average U.S. coal plants or over 19 million passenger vehicles. MVP faces numerous lawsuits alleging violations of our bedrock environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Another one of ETP’s greatest hits, the Revolution Pipeline in Pennsylvania is only 40 miles long but in that short distance has caused significant damage. A 2018 explosion on this pipeline destroyed a home and resulted in a civil penalty of $30.6 million. Fortunately, no people were hurt. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection also determined that Revolution pipeline destroyed at least 23 streams and 17 wetlands and damaged another 120 streams 70 wetlands. There are hundreds of additional allegations related to this project.
Still under construction, Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch from West Virginia across the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia. It’s a joint venture of EQM Midstream Partners, NextEra Energy, Con Edison Transmission, AltaGas Ltd., and RGC Midstream. With hundreds of planned water crossings, MVP has already agreed to pay more than $2 million in penalties for more than 350 water quality violations cited by Virginia and West Virginia, and it’s not even close to being completed. No other large pipeline has ever been approved across this many miles of steep slopes and high landslide risk areas-more than 200 miles of “high landslide susceptibility.” Steeper slopes typically mean greater threats to clean rivers and streams as well as increased risks of explosions. The full life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that the project would generate if fully utilized are estimated at almost 90 million metric tons a year-the equivalent of 23 average U.S. coal plants or over 19 million passenger vehicles. MVP faces numerous lawsuits alleging violations of our bedrock environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Midship is a 200-mile pipeline in Oklahoma built by Cheniere Energy. Dozens of Oklahoma farmers allege that the pipeline has destroyed farmland, flooded fields, and removed the most important soil without restoring the land to its previous condition. FERC found that “Midship has failed to sufficiently resolve several specific restoration issues on agricultural lands throughout the project area. Some of the restoration issues that Midship has attempted to correct have reoccurred or remain unresolved…” Midship’s record follows a more widespread pattern, with farmers around the country reporting that pipeline companies have disregarded their knowledge and requests about routing and construction, to the point where Farm Journal published an article entitled “Pipelines and Farmers Battle Over Lifetime Loss.”
A joint venture of Duke Energy, NextEra Energy, and Enbridge Inc., Sabal Trail is a 515-mile pipeline that transports fracked gas from Alabama, through Georgia, to Florida. The vast majority of the route (84%) runs within a mile of communities of color or low income. Building Sabal Trail also destroyed farmland and contaminated water. A Georgia farmer reported that pipeline construction ruined more than 40 acres of topsoil on his farm and reduced his crop yield to less than half, and that pipeline owners ignored restoration commitments. He says “The experts have said this will take not only my lifetime, but multiple lifetimes to fix.”
Spire, a utility-owned pipeline, travels 65 miles from Illinois to Missouri. In that relatively short distance, it’s already been accused of causing tens of millions of dollars of harm to local farmers. In a story similar to others around the country, a local farmer begged Spire to construct its pipeline along the side of his farm. Nevertheless, it went right through the middle, reportedly removing topsoil and reducing crop yields. What’s more, it’s a perfect example of how FERC approves gas pipelines without rigorously analyzing whether they will benefit people. Our colleagues at the Environmental Defense Fund report that “FERC performed an illusory ‘analysis’ that rubber-stamped an unnecessary pipeline.” The D.C. Circuit is currently deciding whether to vacate FERC’s authorization of Spire on these grounds.
Transco to Charleston (T2C) in South Carolina is only 55 miles long but crosses 73 water bodies in a region of steep slopes and soils prone to erosion. Local residents were concerned about the risks of construction to their drinking water source. The Woodruff Roebuck Water District, which provides drinking water to 10,000 customers, was assured by Dominion Energy that their water source would not be harmed. Despite assurances, the community’s water treatment plant recorded dramatic increases in turbidity and sediment that required additional chemical treatment of their water and at one point forced the plant to shut down and buy water from another utility. State regulators ultimately fined Dominion Energy for the illegal discharge of sediment that contaminated this drinking water source.
please the facts protect water but nothing about what about these pipelines violation for the natural waters.
Have these protests ever worked?
Yes, ofcourse!
If those brave people didn't protest we would never met and we never became informed. XXX
Yep. Ever wonder how women and POC got the right to vote? Just for starters.
If you want to make a difference take it to court. Not blocking roads and being agents of chaos.
Are these the same courts that the republicans have stacked in their favor?
Boy aren't you freaking naive.
Boy aren't you freaking naive.
Pale skin Native American
yes ,swing you racist slurs again about colours of skin. It got nothing to do what colour you are. stupid.
Most native americans are pretty pale nowadays. White people killed & raped them all ;-(
when’s the last time you saw a native american restaurant or religious center ?????
But they will kerp building casinos.
And you will keep losing money at them.👍
THANK YOU WATER PROTECTORS AND LAND PROTECTORS ❤ ❤❤❤✊🏽🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
💔❤🩹❤
We can’t eat coal and we can’t drink oil !!!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY 💯% FABULOUS 😅✔️THAT WINONA WAS FREED 🩷
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE OTHER WATER ACTIVIST N CLIMATE ACTIVISTS 👍🏽😊💖