There are protests because there isn't a legal way to stop the build. No one can have a pipeline traverse your land against your will. If the right of way alre

There are protests because there isn't a legal way to stop the build. No one can have a pipeline traverse your land against your will. If the right of way already exists, then it isn't just "your land", it is "your land with caveats, one caveat being a pipeline can be built here". If the land is seized via eminent domain, then it is not your land any more.