Journalist Arrested While Documenting Legally Contested Enbridge Line 5 Construction
Police arrested video journalist and Unicorn Riot contributor River Akemann while he was documenting Enbridge Line 5 construction on August 24.
Tag: natural gas
🦄 Corporations, Eco
Enbridge Line 5 Spills Natural Gas Liquids in Northern Wisconsin
Enbridge’s aging Line 5 pipeline is spilling natural gas liquids in northern Wisconsin. The rupture occurred just east of the Bad River Reservation near Lake Superior.
🦄 Eco, Protest & Direct Action
Enbridge Ordered to Shutdown Line 5 and Pay Bad River Band $5.1M
Ashland, WI — Canadian oil corporation Enbridge has been ordered to shut down its Line 5 tar sands oil pipeline and pay the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians $5.1 million. Chief Judge William M. Conley of the U.S. District…
🦄 Eco
CO Community Turns up Pressure on Last Day of Climate Strike
Broomfield, CO – On September 29, 2019, as a culmination to the global climate strike week of action, Colorado residents will be rallying at Anthem Community Park to exercise their first amendment rights in a public forum.
The park is adjacent to Extraction Oil &…
🦄 Eco
“Still Here”: New Forest Blockade Stops Pipeline Work on Appalachian Trail
Giles County, VA – On Wednesday, May 23, a forest defender using the pseudonym ‘Nutty’ came down from her aerial blockade after halting construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) for 57 days. However, before Nutty came down, another forest defender named fern MacDougal deployed…
🦄 Eco, Protest & Direct Action
Appalachian Forest Blockades Disrupt Mountain Valley Pipeline
Giles County, VA – On the border between Virginia and West Virginia, a fight has begun regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a joint venture of several companies led by EQT Midstream Partners. While the pipeline is advertised as on track to be completed in 2018,…
🦄 Eco
Camp White Pine Blockades Mariner East 2 Pipeline in Central Pennsylvania
Huntingdon, PA – After receiving all necessary permits from state regulatory agencies in February, Sunoco Logistics has been pushing ahead with construction of the Mariner 2 East Pipeline. Sunoco Logistics Partners and Energy Transfer Partners, announced the completion of their corporate merger on April 28.…
🦄 Eco, Protest & Direct Action
“We’ve Got No Choice”: Interview with Elise Gerhart of Camp White Pine
Huntingdon County, PA – In May, Unicorn Riot visited Camp White Pine, a direct action encampment on the Gerhart family’s property in the hills of Huntingdon County, PA. Several tree-sits currently sit on the easement for the Mariner East 2 pipeline, where Sunoco has claimed…
Dakota Access Pipeline Spills at South Dakota Pump Station
UPDATE (May 22, 2017): Since the initial news of its April 4 spill in South Dakota, reports have emerged that the Dakota Access Pipeline spilled twice in North Dakota on March 3 and March 5 of this year.  The AP reports:
Bismarck, N.D. – (AP)…
🦄 Borders & Migration, Eco
Pipeline Politics in the Syrian Civil War
Oil politics in the Syrian civil war is a complex web of money deception and proxy war. What began as non-violent grassroots rebellion against Bashar al Assad and the Syrian state has morphed into a complex proxy war involving countless factions and alliances competing for…