Posted on 08/08/2015 11:12:15 AM PDT by marshmallow
Peaceful protesters sought to stop plan to store natural gas in New York lake
Environment activists in New York have enlisted the help of the Holy Father to help further their cause.
Thirteen protesters arrested while forming a human blockade around a gas storage facility in Seneca Lake, New York, on August 4, were “reading from Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’” according to AlterNet.
The protesters were trying to bring attention to a proposal to store “tens of millions of gallons of liquefied petroleum gas, and up to two billion cubic feet of natural gas, in abandoned subterranean salt caverns thousands of feet below the shores of Seneca Lake” in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The lake provides drinking water to over 100,000 people.
The gas storage facility, operated by Houston-based Crestwood Midstream Partners, has been the target of protests by environmentalists for the last eight months. The number of arrests since the campaign began totals 332.
Activists also carried banners which quoted lines from prayers from the Pope’s Encyclical on the environment, including “Love the Common Good” and “And Care for This World.”
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Do these agitators live like the Amish who reject modern technology!
Good. Make it a crime for idiots to read Papal Encyclicals in public.
lol
More like idiot tresspassers.
The Pope is helping the world replace Christianity with its new religion, Environmentalism.
Is the Pope Catholic?
Pope Francis is much like Vatican II — you have to look at their rotten fruits to get the true picture.
I can remember when that was a rhetorical question. not too long ago.
Is the Pope Marxist?
Lying headline.
bkmk
I usually work in a town with about 9 billion gallons of Natural Gas Liquids in salt cavern storage.
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