{"id":31636,"date":"2018-02-26T09:43:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31636"},"modified":"2018-02-26T09:43:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:43:21","slug":"federal-judge-halts-bayou-bridge-pipeline-installation-but-photos-show-damage-already-inflicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=31636","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Halts Bayou Bridge Pipeline Installation, But Photos Show Damage Already Inflicted"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2018\/02\/25\/federal-judge-halts-bayou-bridge-pipeline-installation-photos-show-damage-inflicted\">Federal Judge Halts Bayou Bridge Pipeline Installation, But Photos Show Damage Already Inflicted<\/a><\/h3>\n<article class=\"node-12671 node node-blog node-promoted view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-bimage field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/styles\/full_width_blog_image\/public\/blogimages\/lead%209B3A2312-Edit.jpg?itok=MA0SpckI\" alt=\"Jody Meche, crawfisher, viewing the Bayou Bridge pipeline construction damage to the Atchafalaya Basin\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"new-horizontal-social-bar clearfix\">There was an eerie stillness along the route of the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana\u2019s Atchafalaya Basin the day after a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theadvocate.com\/baton_rouge\/news\/courts\/article_a03d8d5e-18f7-11e8-8aad-078fe441065d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal judge halted work<\/a> on the pipeline. A\u00a0temporary injunction was granted two weeks after groups opposed to the pipeline had their say in court, giving Energy Transfer Partners enough time to clear a path through the World Heritage\u00a0site.<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span> District Judge Shelly Dick\u00a0wrote that she was enjoining further work on the pipeline in the basin \u201cin order to prevent further irreparable harm until\u00a0this matter can be tried on the merits.\u201d She will release her\u00a0reasoning for ordering <span class=\"caps\">ETP<\/span> to stop construction in the coming\u00a0days.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"player\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GsKkbebU5VI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bayou Bridge pipeline will be the last leg of the Dakota Access, carrying oil fracked in North Dakota to Louisiana. The final stretch of the project, if built as proposed, will\u00a0span 162.5 miles from Lake Charles to St. James, cutting through the Atchafalaya Basin, a national heritage area and\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/southeast\/gulf-restoration\/next-steps\/focal-area\/atchafalaya-basin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country\u2019s largest swamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/9B3A2298-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Route of the Bayou Bridge pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin filled with\u00a0debris.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit Earthjustice filed in federal court on January 11 against the <span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span> Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper,\u00a0the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association-West, Gulf Restoration Network,\u00a0the Waterkeeper Alliance, and the Sierra Club, alleges that the Corps acted \u201carbitrarily and\u00a0capriciously\u201d when it issued a permit for the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs were relieved by the judge\u2019s ruling, and look forward to presenting their case in court, which they are confident will show cause to stop any new pipeline from being built until non-complaint companies fix existing problems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Judge Halts Bayou Bridge Pipeline Installation, But Photos Show Damage Already Inflicted There was an eerie stillness along the route of the Bayou Bridge pipeline in Louisiana\u2019s Atchafalaya Basin the day after a federal judge halted work on the pipeline. 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