Last Week's Cold, This Week's Trespassers, Shows We Need a Pipeline Protection Bill - American Experiment:
"Last week saw temperatures in Minnesota plummet to 24 below zero in the Twin Cities, and International Falls registered a temperature of minus 36 degrees.
It was so cold outside that
Xcel Energy had to urge its 460,000 natural as customers to turn their thermostats down to 63 degrees or face widespread shortages of natural gas, putting hundreds of thousands of people on edge, worrying about whether they could stay warm.
...This week, less than seven days after it should be been blindingly obvious to everyone that natural gas, oil, and coal play a vital role in making sure our homes stay heated and the lights stay on, four
anti-pipeline activists were arrested attempting to “turn the valves” of the Enbridge pipeline off, impeding the flow of oil through the pipeline, as Dan Kraker in the Duluth News Tribune reports...
...Granted, oil is not natural gas, but anti-pipeline activists have been just as avid about
stopping new natural gas infrastructure as they have for oil.
...It’s almost as if it might be a good idea to
enact legislation that would protect critical infrastructure, such as pipelines, from these sorts of protests and vandalism.
Oh, wait!
Last session,
Republican lawmakers in the Minnesota House and Senate passed this bill, but it was
vetoed by former Governor Mark Dayton..."
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It was so cold outside that Xcel Energy had to urge its 460,000 natural as customers to turn their thermostats down to 63 degrees or face widespread shortages of natural gas, putting hundreds of thousands of people on edge, worrying about whether they could stay warm.
