PHOTO/L’EAU EST LA VIE CAMP – NO BAYOU BRIDGE
L’eau Est La Vie Camp is home base for a network of pipeline resisters who organize, protest and monitor construction along the Bayou Bridge Pipeline route. The route is deep in the Atchafalaya Basin, one of the largest swamps in North America, aerial blockades have been established directly on the path of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Water protectors are currently occupying multiple tree-sits on the pipeline easement. A rotating group lives on the land, running educational workshops and uploading photos and videos of digging and deforestation to their Facebook page and website. The people and water along the line’s route are the key concern for pipeline opponents, who worry about ETP’s higher-than-average record of spills. A Greenpeace report published earlier this year found that, on average, ETP pipelines have leaked once every 11 days since 2002, releasing 3.6 million gallons of hazardous liquids, including 2.8 million gallons of crude oil. On 18 occasions, leaks contaminated groundwaterOn May 24 and July 3 of this year, water protectors blocked access to work sites in St. James and Iberville Parishes, with multiple arrests each time.
This information is excerpted from wagingnonviolence.org/feature/indigenous-water-protectors-louisiana-pipeline/ and facebook.com/EarthDefenseCoalition/
