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Maple syrup farmers lose fight against fracking pipeline
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http://www.rt.com/usa/333201-maple-syrup-fracking-fight/Date Written: 2016-02-21 Publisher: RT Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX18768 A family of maple syrup farmers in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania cannot stop their trees being cut down to make way for a new fracking pipeline project owned by billion dollar oil companies, a federal judge ruled Friday. The Holleran family opposes the seizure of their maple grove to make way for the new 124-mile-long Constitution Pipeline. The group faced contempt of court charges for obstructing tree cutting on their property. |