The Keep It In the Ground movement and other fringe activists are using the North Dakota Access Pipeline (#NoDAPL) movement as a basis for fighting everything from pipeline development to leasing in national forests here in the Marcellus and Utica Shales. The Sierra Club even issued a false press release earlier this week claiming the PennEast pipeline was being re-routed through environmentally sensitive areas — even though the company has no such plans at all.

With so much misinformation circulating, it is more important than ever for the public to have accurate information not only on fracking, but the infrastructure necessary to move our natural resources. That includes pipelines — which are the safest way to transport oil and gas to consumers across the country.

According to the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation,

“The nation’s pipelines are a transportation system. Pipelines enable the safe movement of extraordinary quantities of energy products to industry and consumers, literally fueling our economy and way of life. The arteries of the Nation’s energy infrastructure, as well as one of the safest and least costly ways to transport energy products, our oil and gas pipelines provide the resources needed for national defense, heat and cool our homes, generate power for business and fuel an unparalleled transportation system.

The nation’s more than 2.6 million miles of pipelines safely deliver trillions of cubic feet of natural gas and hundreds of billions of ton/miles of liquid petroleum products e...

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