Sierra Club Chapters Oppose Sabal Trail Gas Pipeline

The nation’s oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization opposes the Sabal Trail pipeline. Sierra Club PR today (and read to FERC):

TRI-STATE SIERRA CLUB CHAPTERS OPPOSE GAS PIPELINE

Statement of the Georgia, Florida, and Alabama Sierra Club
Chapters Opposing the Sabal Trail Pipeline

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Contact:

Seth Gunning, Georgia Sierra Club, (404)-607-1262, seth.gunning@sierraclub.org
Bob Hastings, Alabama Sierra Club, bhastings@knology.net

ATLANTA, GA—The Georgia, Florida, and Alabama Chapters of the Sierra Club oppose the 650 mile Sabal Trail Transmission natural gas pipeline that would carry fracked natural gas extracted from Pennsylvania and Texas through Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC is a joint venture between Spectra Energy Partners, LLC and and NextEra Energy, Inc. Spectra Energy and its related companies have been fined repeatedly for safety and environmental violations throughout the United States including one fine of $15,000,000.

The proposed pipeline would cut a wide swath through pristine lands with resulting negative impacts on endangered species, critical wildlife habitat, invaluable wetlands, longleaf pine forests, the fragile and irreplaceable Floridian Aquifer, streams, rivers, and springs, and private property rights. Furthermore, expanded reliance on fracked natural gas only serves to feed the increasingly destructive effects of drilling for and fracking of shale deposits that have destroyed drinking water resources and entire communities across the country. The Sunshine State, which will be the sole recipient of the fracked natural gas transported through this pipeline, should expand energy efficiency measures and solar power capacity rather than increase its dependence on natural gas which already accounts for more than 60% of Florida’s electricity generation.

Additional information about the Spectra Pipeline project can be found through our partner’s website at http://spectrabusters.org/. Spectrabusters is citizen-led organization that spans multiple counties and states, which opposed the Sabal Trail Pipeline proposed from Alabama to Florida.

The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more then 2.4 million members and supporters nationwide, and with over 100,000 in Georgia. In addition to creating oppoortunities for people of all ages, levels and locations to have meaningful outdoor experience, the Sierra Club works to safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and litigation. For more information visit, http://www.sierraclub.org

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11 thoughts on “Sierra Club Chapters Oppose Sabal Trail Gas Pipeline

  1. At 2 am-2-30 am 12-7 Sat morn a tornado warning was alerted from Crystal river thru Pine Ridge Holder and arrowhead though it veered to Dunnellon , Citrus county Severe lightning and thunderstorms occurred although the tornado did not touch land. If you follow the tornado’s route. You will find it coincides w the path that has been made for this pipeline. Never in my 14 yrs here in Citrus have we ever had this warning where I live. I hope this info helps in accentuating another possibility of opening up paths thru our forests can lead to dangers in tornadoes. Chanel 9 was following this tornado at this time

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