Citizens in East Texas are becoming alarmed as representatives from ExxonMobil, operator of the Pegasus pipeline, show up to post yellow and black-striped warning markers along the pipeline route running across their land, the same one that ruptured about 320 miles northeast of there in March, spewing at least 210,000 gallons of heavy Canadian crude into neighborhood streets in Mayflower, Ark. Click here to read the article by the Texas Tribune that documents how normally conservative landowners are turning into activists in defense of their land and their homes.
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East Texans Seek Shutdown of Pegasus Pipeline – turning conservatives into activists
Posted in Air Quality, pipelines, Property Rights, Tarsands, tagged #nokkl, conservatives, East Texas, exxonmobil, keystone xl, Pegasus, Pegasus Pipeline, tarsands, Texas on November 11, 2013 |
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