This clown was essentially protesting against safety and progress. They do more harm than good because they drive up costs and cause corner cutting.
In fact the original spill investigation determined one thing these idiots never mention. Among other things, the investigation found that the state didn’t even have the required inspector on the payroll and hadn’t for nearly a decade.
This pipe was to replace and improve the one that ruptured and spilled all that oil into the Kalamazoo last year. You’d think the nutz would be happy to have it replaced but I think it was the being improved part they hated.