New England’s Obdurate (and Foolish) Opposition to Pipelines

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Yet another example (not that you need it) that most folks who oppose pipelines, and shale drilling, and anything to do with shale energy--do so because they irrationally hate fossil fuels. This latest example comes from the land of liberal lunacy--Massachusetts. Leigh Youngblood, director of the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, community organized a protest rally preceding a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) scoping session on Wednesday in Greenfield, MA. The FERC scoping session was to hear about potential environmental impacts from the proposed Tennessee Gas Pipeline interstate project known as Northeast Energy Direct, or NED. Youngblood, true to lib Dem form, believes that Massachusetts should dump dirty fossil fuels and instead concentrate their "superior" intellects on using so-called alternative energy sources. Renewable energy is the future, dontchya know...

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