In late 2018 the final two segments of the already-operational Rover Pipeline went online, making the project 100% complete (see FERC OKs Final 2 Rover Pipeline Laterals – Now 100% Online). Rover is a 713-mile, 3.25 Bcf/d natural gas pipeline that transports domestically produced natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica production areas to markets across the United States as well as to the Union Gas Dawn Storage Hub in Ontario, Canada. Although completed and running for years, the pipeline still faces a few lingering lawsuits over its construction. One of those lingering lawsuits comes from an environmental activist in Michigan who claims the security people hired by Energy Transfer (the builder) harassed him. What's actually going on is the activist has an ax to grind because he previously participated in illegal protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (another ET project) and was arrested in North Dakota. Sour grapes. The activist claims the local Sheriff's department
ACLU, plaintiffs maintain roads have been an important venue for free speech 6:00 am, Feb. 7, 2021 ×
File photo of a police line moving through and past the north protest camp on North Dakota Highway 1806 on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, north of Cannon Ball, N.D. (Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor)
FARGO The American Civil Liberties Union is weighing in on a lawsuit that claims state and county authorities violated free speech rights of groups protesting the Dakota Access pipeline by shutting down a North Dakota highway during the height of protests over the pipeline.
In an amicus brief filed recently with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the ACLU and the ACLU of North Dakota stated that public streets are traditional public forums and roads of every kind have served as sites of protest throughout U.S. history, including the civil rights marches and the anti-war demonstrations of the 1960s and 1970s.
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President Joe Biden signed executive actions last week prioritizing solutions to the “existential threat” of climate change, drawing the ire of many key players in the politically powerful oil and gas industry.
Biden’s actions pressed pause on the leasing of federal lands and waters for oil drilling, set a goal of keeping 30 percent of federal lands for conservation purposes and announced the electrification of the federal government’s fleet of vehicles. The move comes a week after Biden revoked the permits for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline just hours after his inauguration, following through on a campaign-trail promise.
Letter: Pipeline should remain out of service
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In a Jan. 27 letter titled “Pipeline delays hurt Pennsylvania economy,” Larry Nelson argued that the Revolution Pipeline should be given the green light to return to service because the pipeline’s owner “has and continues to comply” with directives from the state.
Mr. Nelson cannot be talking about Energy Transfer Partners, the company that owns and operates pipelines across Pennsylvania that have, for years, been plagued by spills, accidents and, in the case of Beaver County, an explosion.
The Energy Transfer-owned Mariner East 2 pipeline in eastern Pennsylvania has been hit with more than 100 violations from the state, as well as fines in excess of $13 million. That’s not to mention more than 680 violations accrued during the construction of the Revolution Pipeline, and a historic $30 million fine levied against the company after the pipeline exploded in 2018.
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Appeals court agrees that Dakota Access Pipeline river crossing is illegal
“Especially after the Keystone XL decision, the pressure is increasing for the Biden administration to take action here.”
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 Herald reported.
“We are pleased that the D.C. Circuit affirmed the necessity of a full environmental review, and we look forward to showing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers why this pipeline is too dangerous to operate,” Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Mike Faith said in an Earthjustice press release.