Sierra Club Pipeline Lawsuit Throws 2,500 in PA Out of Work
Just before the holidays, thousands of workers who were working on the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline project have been escorted to the unemployment office--courtesy the odious Sierra Club. Yesterday we brought you the sad news that the Sierra Club's lawsuit has stopped work on the $3 billion pipeline project (see DC Court Forces “Emergency Stop” of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Work). Companies building closely-vetted and highly regulated projects like Atlantic Sunrise project are jobs creators. The Sierra Club is a jobs destroyer. We asked Williams how many workers have been idled because of the work stoppage from the "temporary" order from the court. Williams spokesman Chris Stockton replied: "The exact number is 2,500." He also said this: "It is costing about $8 million per day in idle construction costs." The Clubbers' frivolous lawsuit is causing real pain and real suffering for thousands of workers...and their families...and their children. Williams issued a press release yesterday to say they have filed a "Motion for Clarification" to determine what the emergency stop work order affects--just construction work in PA? Or the work they've already done (and are doing) outside of PA, which would stop new quantities of Marcellus gas already flowing south? Williams says they expect the court will conduct their review "expeditiously" and end this charade (our word) very soon. Antis rejoiced in the news of the stop work order, including one of the "leaders" of the airheaded opposition, who sounded like an 80s Valley Girl when she said: "I can't believe it, like, does this mean they can't continue with construction? Like, seriously?" Meanwhile, like some 2,500 people are like tragically out of work--including like 370 in Schuylkill County alone. Merry Christmas from the Sierra Club and from a small group of radicals called Lancaster Against Pipelines...
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