Why Opposite Sides Unite To Oppose Pipelines In Georgia

 

Anti-pipeline activists from across the country met in Atlanta this week to talk strategy. The summit brought together two groups that are often on opposite sides: environmentalists and property-rights advocates.

Those strange bedfellows joined forces this year to fight two pipelines in Georgia. The Palmetto Pipeline would have carried petroleum down the coast, but that project is now off the table. The Sabal Trail Pipeline, which would carry natural gas across southwest Georgia, could still happen.