#029 – That Which Lies Buried

The Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, a Williams Partners natural gas pipeline project (they’re from Tulsa, OK), has been in the works for a while now. The planned project route, though altered now several times, still runs right through the heart of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

The local movement Lancaster Against Pipelines (LAP) has been at the heart of the opposition to the project for almost three years. In recent weeks and months, LAP has held events at two locations along the pipeline route that now feature solid wooden structures. These are The Stand and The Stand II, the first of which will likely be the focal point of an encampment modeled upon Standing Rock in North Dakota. As Williams continues to maneuver and wangle its way into full-fledged production of the pipeline, efforts to build a resistance movement are gaining momentum.

I spent a blustery winter afternoon surveying the pipeline route with Robin Maguire, the self-appointed Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline tour guide. Her knowledge of the area, its history and the granular implications of the pipeline project is encyclopedic. We were accompanied by Stephanie Graybill, a veteran of the Standing Rock resistance movement and her daughter Ella, and Robin’s very patient dog Katie.

Original music by Ari Gold.

The Stand

The Stand II

“Exterminated”

Katie the Patient Dog

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