Not exact matches
While not a complete victory for the
company, Ken Winston, a lawyer representing environmental groups against the
pipeline, explained that the alternative route presents the same
kind of environmental problems as the preferred one.
So for a lot of reasons, the
pipeline of development that the pharmaceutical
companies had for developing new
kinds of antibiotics really slowed down.
Methane hydrates have been known since the 1930s, when natural gas
companies found that their
pipelines were sometimes clogged by a
kind of ice composed of water and methane.
Because the oil
companies have the
kind of influence over Congress that 12,000 Americans simply don't — through back room dealing and strategizing, they've managed to disingenuously tout the
pipeline as a jobs and domestic energy issue.
These
kinds of scenarios can seriously spook
pipeline companies and their advisors, particularly in the world of consumer tech.