Hmm... so i read the link to your "facts" about the pipeline. Of course it was not written by anyone in the industry, just a journalist... But I digress. In almost every one of the 10 examples it mentions it makes assumptions. "this could happen", "That might be the result", etc. Most of it is not fact, just an opinion piece. While it does raise some salient points, for the most part it is just a hit piece, written by someone that most likely got paid to spin it a certain way.
Are you aware that there are pipelines already crisscrossing the United States? Gas, oil and natural gas pipelines are just about everywhere.
They are the safest way to transport the various fluids inside of them. Far safer than truck, train, barge or tanker.