Tag: oil pipelines

"This is a huge victory not just for Greenpeace but for anyone and everyone who has ever stood up against powerful corporate interests."

“It’s clear that Enbridge is doing everything they can to have a very highly skilled force of security and law enforcement at their fingertips to do what they can to stop any resistance to Line 3.”

“The bottom line is we want to stop the project, so whatever tools are available to do that — so I’m not ruling out anything.”

The outrageous amount of violations have led local governments to draft new legislation on permits and construction regulations for oil pipeline projects.

"We know we can't expect corporate polluters to look out for our health, but we should be able to count on our enforcement agencies to protect us."

Tribal groups say Enbridge's plan is the worst possible route.

The spill comes as pipelines are under increasing scrutiny in North America.

“We will continue fighting to hold this reckless company accountable for its weekly acts of water pollution and harm to communities.”

“The Trump administration’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline has been nothing but smoke and mirrors.”

Over the past 30 years FERC has granted permits for all but two proposed interstate gas pipelines. It is a rubber stamp agency.