A river runs through it.

freebornsociety (61)in #defendingthewater • 7 years ago

South of the border are hundreds of square miles of little to nothing.

It is as pristine as land can be in this time of 8 billion people.

Some oil people want to spread their pipelines through this oasis of non-destructedness.

We know pipelines leak, this is nothing new.

We could be growing our fuel but you can pipeline alcohol, and you also can't control hundreds of thousands of profitable farmers, they will tell you to take a hike.

Ergo, storys in the headlines like this one.

https://intercontinentalcry.org/a-pipeline-runs-through-it/

#nodapl #riseup #freedom #anarchy

7 years ago in #defendingthewater by freebornsociety (61)

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charitybot (63) 7 years ago

Rodrigo Gonzalez, natural resources and environmental impact expert, maintains that in the event of a gas explosion all human, plant and animal life within a one-kilometre radius surrounding the explosion would be lost. Anyone within the second kilometre would risk second and third-degree burns.

Sounds safe enough.

Gonzalez has pointed out that another viable route for the pipeline was initially considered by the company that could have avoided Yaqui territory altogether. He suggests this route was ultimately rejected to save costs. “At the beginning of the project, two routes were mooted. That which didn’t cross indigenous territory cost 400 million pesos whilst that which puts Yaquí lives at risk costs 100 million pesos.”

When do indigenous lives ever matter?

This decision has sadly resulted in tensions between Loma de Bacúm and the other communities. Things reached a critical point in October 2016 where one Yaquí member died and thirty injured in a confrontation involving different Yaquí communities.

Throw the mere promise of cash at them and watch the infighting begin, a classic strategy.

Seemingly alone in their struggle, the Loma de Bacúm Yaquí have consistently resisted the Aguaprieta pipeline. In April 2016, they successfully fought to be granted a moratorium on its construction. When, in 2017, it became clear that IEnova, would carry on regardless and that neither federal nor state or authorities could be counted on for support, the Loma de Bacúm community resorted to more drastic measures. On May 21, community members removed cables which had been laid down in the preliminary stages of the gas pipeline construction. Then, after another court ruling that IEnova should remove all infrastructure within 24 hours fell on deaf ears, on August 22 the community went ahead and cut a 25-foot section out of the live gas pipeline, despite the grave risks they ran in doing so. As a result of the community’s actions in August, IEnova was forced to cut off the gas flow in the area and it has remained out of service ever since.

I'm glad to see the Loma de Bacúm Yaquí are putting up a valiant fight.

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freebornsociety (61) 7 years ago

Sounds safe enough.

Well, if there was a leak, and no wind, and a source of a detonation, and not just a spark, maybe.
Otherwise, I would want to stay back several hundred yards, or less depending on the wind, just not to get roasted.

When do indigenous lives ever matter?

When they got lots of money and power.

I'm glad to see the Loma de Bacúm Yaquí are putting up a valiant fight.

Yes, solidarity is our only hope.

Thanks for your comment.

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charitybot (63) 7 years ago

Oh, I was just joking, as they usually underestimate potential damages. Maybe about 100% of the time. Thanks for posting something where the good guys are actually winning, it's uplifting.

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