FACT: Energy Builders are absolutely committed to ensuring the safety of the community while protecting our local environment. Pipelines undergo a rigorous environmental impact assessment to minimize their environmental footprint and impact, governed by the National Environmental Policy Act.

• Pipelines have operated for decades with minimal impact on the environment. Trees matter to us, and we know they matter to the customers and communities we serve. Land temporarily disturbed during pipeline construction is restored following pipeline completion.
• Experts from industry, government and academia have partnered to create a series of standards and recommended practices to minimize environmental disruption as pipelines are built. Before conducting any work that could lead to removing trees, complete environmental reviews, including surveys of birds and other wildlife.

FACT: ALL construction jobs are temporary – when the job is finished, Energy Builders move on to the next project. But the impacts of energy infrastructure development impacts the entire supply chain.

• Construction pumps money into local economies along the supply route and nationwide, and creates and sustains thousands of jobs, particularly among small and medium-sized businesses in the energy supply chain
• Almost 80% of energy supply chain companies are small businesses – valvemakers, steel, concrete, welders, pipefitters, construction, engineering and equipment suppliers in all 50 states. These projects also pay property taxes in perpetuity that will stay in local communities.

FACT: Blocking a pipeline stops one of the most environmentally friendly and efficient ways to transport the clean, reliable fuel that families need to power their homes, businesses and lives. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that oil and natural gas will be the primary sources of U.S. energy for decades to come. Modern energy infrastructure is critical to America’s transition to a clean energy economy, as they provide natural gas alternatives to older and less clean burning coal-fired power plants, and enable more renewable energy to be utilized.

• Because solar and wind power are intermittent, you can’t simply add them to the grid in large volumes without natural gas.
• Natural gas makes renewable energy possible. Gas-fired “flex” power plants are built to ramp up and down quickly to accommodate shifting supply from wind and solar.
• Stopping infrastructure projects could raise heating costs, cause job losses and hurt our economy.
• Greater use of natural gas for electricity generation has caused America’s CO2 emissions from power plants to decline back to levels not seen since 1991. As a result, America leads the world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.