Sentences with phrase «for pipeline opponents»
That's the real end game [for pipeline opponents].»
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Opponents chained themselves to construction equipment and the White House fence in protest, arguing that building the pipeline would be antithetical to Obama's call for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP)-- Oil could be flowing through the $ 3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in less than two weeks, according to court documents filed by the developer just before police and soldiers started clearing a protest camp in North Dakota where pipeline opponents had gathered for the better part of a year.
Yet the risk of a spill from the pipeline itself or from tankers offshore is overwhelmingly borne by B.C. Short of sharing royalty revenues with B.C. — note how both the B.C. Liberals and their NDP opponents support plans for liquefied natural gas terminals, which would boost gas revenues in B.C. — there's no way for Alberta or an Albertan prime minister to bring B.C. onside.
The project's main opponent, the local environmental group Douglas Channel Watch, maintains the risk from either a tanker accident or a pipeline breach is too high for the small number of jobs the pipeline would bring to the community.
It also calls out a new category of pipeline opponents, «Democrats and Tea Party types» who want to stop the use of eminent domain for pipelines exporting oil and gas.
A proposed pipeline would funnel Lake Powell water 140 miles to a growing region of Utah, but opponents question if imported water for the beleaguered Colorado is the best way to meet demand.4 months ago
Sounding yet again like a cheerleader for opponents of Alberta's energy industry, Notley, head of the left - leaning NDP government, reacted positively to U.S Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton's surprise announcement that she's opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf.
Schumer and other Democratic opponents called the pipeline a flawed project that does nothing for the United States.
Democratic State Senate candidate Justin Wagner vowed if elected he would block any legislation authorizing any transfer of municipal land for the construction of a proposed natural gas pipeline, a pledge he contended could not be promised by Republican opponent Terrence Murphy based on his voting record in Yorktown.
The mailer also accuses Murphy's Democratic opponent, attorney Justin Wagner, of representing «one of the largest fracking companies» whose natural gas flows through the Algonquin pipeline, which is slated for expansion in Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties.
Opponents of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline gathered in Knox to warn people about the dangers the project could bring to the area, bolstered by the recent support for their cause from U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer.
Hydro - fracking has been banned in New York State for nearly a year now, but opponents of the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines.
But opponents says Governor Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation has the power to shut the project down because the pipeline company needs the DEC to sign off on a key water quality certification, as well as three air quality permits for the upgrades to the compressor stations.
But a pipeline company representative says the projects are not as harmful as opponents say, and essential for the state's current electric needs.
A pipeline company representative, however, said the projects are not as harmful as opponents claim and are essential for the state's current electric needs.
Metzger said protests are planned for Sunday against Pilgrim pipelines at the state Thruway toll plazas, because opponents are not convinced the application can be objectively reviewed.
Pilgrim pipelines opponents contend that similar concerns exist for the proposed, two - line system that would transport highly volatile Bakken crude oil and refined petroleum between Albany and New Jersey.
Backers envision a pipeline for poor kids to attend Caltech; opponents want to know who's behind it.
TransCanada has failed for years to win approval of the controversial border - crossing Keystone XL pipeline, so apparently the company has decided to «win ugly or lose pretty» with an aggressive public relations attack on its opponents.
The #NoDAPL movement has garnered national attention, much like the Keystone XL fight did, for creating a formidable opponent to the fossil fuel companies invested in transporting more oil and gas through their ever - expanding pipeline network.
Temperatures dropping Opponents of the 1,900 - kilometre pipeline being developed by Texas - based Energy Transfer Partners say it threatens the Missouri River, a source of drinking water for several American states.
Keller, Gibson and other opponents of the project emphasize ETP's dishonesty in using the eminent domain law to forcibly take land from reluctant ranchers under the guise that a substantial portion of the gas in the pipeline would be used for domestic purposes.
«EPA has identified significant flaws in the state's fracking proposals, particularly inadequate plans to treat hazardous wastewater, questions about unsafe levels of radiation in fracking waste, and the absence of any consideration of the environmental impacts of the infrastructure associated with fracking, such as pipelines and compressor stations,» said a statement issued by a coalition of hydrofracking opponents including Catskill Mountainkeeper, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council and others.
That, in turn, would put the spotlight on other flawed pipelines that carry dilbit and would also provide fodder for opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry dilbit from Canada to oil refineries on the Gulf Coast.
As the battle for the Trans Mountain pipeline rages on — last week, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley launched a million dollar ad campaign aimed at its opponents in B.C. — a big question still looms.
The NEB also prevented stakeholders from cross-examining company officials about their evidence, and it angered many pipeline opponents and scientists by deciding in December 2015 to exclude new scientific evidence from a U.S. National Academy of Sciences report that said new regulations and research were needed to prepare for spills of bitumen, the heavy oil produced in the oilsands.