The NESE pipeline project is mainly about getting more natural gas to New Yorkers but union welders turned out in Pennsylvania Amish country to support it.

I knew the hearing would be a good one when I saw the welding trucks arrive. As several of them pulled up to the doors of the Solanco High School in Quarryvile, Pennsylvania, it became obvious there would be more supporters of the project than enemies attending. Indeed, I didn’t see any of the kooky fractivists who typically show up at these things. There were no NIMBYs either and no fatuous speeches by the self-righteous trust-funder types who often show to do some virtue-signaling. Quarryville is in the Pennsylvania Amish  country of Lancaster County so perhaps the humility was contagious. I certainly saw a lot of it in the union welders who came out when I interviewed them.

I was there to testify myself on behalf of Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline project, but it was those union welders who sent the strongest message. There were perhaps 20 of them, including some family members, which was nice to see as these pipeline projects are family-sustaining livelihoods for union welders. I spoke to two members of Pipeliners Local 798, one with 50 years of experience and the other, now retired, having spent 60 years working on pipelines.

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