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Earlier today, Rising Tide Vermont and opponents of Vermont Gas’ fracked gas pipeline, including ratepayers, marched on the Williston pipe yard and blocked the front driveway with a peaceful sit-in, demanding an end to construction of the pipeline. After marching through the pipe yard, nearly a dozen participants linked arms and blocked the driveway to prevent trucks from entering. Participants planned to maintain the sit-in until ordered to leave by police. Read more: risingtidevermont.org/ Jen Berger, a Burlington ratepayer, said, “We are standing here today to let Vermont Gas know they do not have the social license to continue construction,” Berger said. “Vermont Gas must halt construction immediately. Ratepayers don’t want to fund this project, and landowners don’t want to host it. Enough is enough.”
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:06:28 +0000

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