In that time, environmental and community groups turned the 124 - mile pipeline, which would have connected gas from Pennsylvania's
robust fracking industry into a network of pipelines that terminate in Schoharie County, into a powerful symbol of the fossil fuel industry that causes climate change.
The group set about their plan by renting office space in Dallas, Texas, where
a robust fracking industry regularly requires radioactive materials for gauges needed in their search for gas and oil deposits.