FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Valdosta, 16 March 2014 — Florida forms the field for the pipeline fight this week, at a Suwannee County Commissioners meeting and three FERC Scoping Meetings. Plus later a SpectraBusters panel on the issues.
FERC Scoping Meetings*:This week’s calendar:
SpectraBusters Panel:
In Conjunction with:
FERC Scoping Meetings*:
This week’s calendar:
6PM Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Suwannee County "14. Discuss Sabal Trail gas line. (David Hanna) 5 minutes" Fill out a card to speak for 3 minutes Details here. |
Suwannee
County Board of County Commissioners Judicial Annex Building 218 Parshley Street Southwest Live Oak, Florida 32064 (386) 364-3400 |
*Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Polk County PF14-2 Florida Southeast Connection |
Lake Wales
Art Center 1099 East Florida 60 Lake Wales, FL 33853 (863) 676-8426 |
*Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Okeechobee County PF14-2 Florida Southeast Connection |
Okeechobee
High School 2800 Highway 441 North Okeechobee, FL 34972 (863) 462-5025 |
*Thursday, March 20, 2014
Osceola County PF14-1 Reunion Compressor Station Hunters Creek Pipeline PF14-2 Florida Southeast Connection |
Kissimmee
Civic Center 201 East Dakin Avenue Kissimmee, FL 34741 (407) 935-1412 |
Or e-mail to
efiling@ferc.gov or file online with FERC:
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx
Or call 202-502-8258, or mail written comments to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary;
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
888 First St. N.E. Room 1A;
Washington, D.C. 20426.
Calendar for more Florida next week: http://spectrabusters.org/calendar/
SpectraBusters Panel:
There’s more to be done so there’s another meeting later (see other side)…
3PM Saturday 29 March 2014 Lowndes County, GA | SpectraBusters
Panel Pipeline? No! |
Elected officials and candidates for public office, are invited to a SpectraBusters panel discussion in Lowndes County, Georgia. Topics will include potential pipeline routes, property rights (eminent domain, property values), water issues (aquifer, sinkholes, springs), whether Florida even needs more power, better power sources (solar, wind, conservation, and efficiency), noise, health, and hazards. A representative from the pipeline company is invited to be on the panel to present their perspective. SpectraBusters and allies from all states are invited to attend, and are encouraged to hold panels elsewhere.
Why: Spectra Energy, which had compressor station leaks in Maine in January and in Pennsylvania last year, plus multiple fines by Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for corrosion and leaks, and a record $15 million EPA fine for PCB contamination, proposes a hundred-foot-wide gash through our lands for their huge 36 inch Sabal Trail gas pipeline from Alabama through Georgia to feed Florida Power and Light (FPL) and Duke Energy for no benefit to local citizens and rate hikes for FPL customers. A one-time payment is not enough for decreased property values, permanent destruction, and hazards of leaks and explosions, when FPL and Spectra and Duke would profit forever. The gas comes from fracking in Pennsylvania and Texas, destroying watersheds, farmlands, and drinking water. Conservation, efficiency, and solar power are cheaper and bring jobs and energy here where we need them.
In Conjunction with:
Environmental
Awareness Organization of Auburn University (EAOAU).
https://auburn.collegiatelink.net/organization/eao
Greenlaw protects
clean air and water.
http://greenlaw.org/
New York Climate Action Group (NYCAG) the Spectra struggle (and Williams Transco Rockaway Lateral Pipeline in the Rockaways of Queens, NY and the LNG port resistance in Long Beach, NY).
Occupy the Pipeline, who
fought the NYC extension on the Spectra Pipeline.
http://occupythepipeline.blogspot.com
Our Santa Fe River,
protecting our most vital and vulnerable natural
resource…water.
http://www.oursantaferiver.org/wp/
Sane Energy Project: to
fight fossil fuel and nuclear infrastructure, and encourage
renewable infrastructure.
http://www.SaneEnergyProject.org
Shale Property Rights,
formerly Spectra Energy Watch.
http://www.shalepropertyrights.com/blog/
Sierra Club,
America’s largest and oldest grassroots environmental
group, exploring, enjoying, and protecting the environment
since 1892.
http://www.sierraclub.org
Stop the Pipeline: No
eminent domain, preserve local character and environment,
and pipelines == fracking.
http://www.StopThePipeline.org
Students Against Violating
the Environment (S.A.V.E.) Valdosta State U.
http://ww2.valdosta.edu/vsu/stuorg/save/
Wiregrass Activists for Clean
Energy (WACE): clean and sustainable energy sources.
http://www.wiregrass-ace.org/
WWALS Watershed
Coalition, Willacoochee, Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and
Little River Systems in south Georgia and north Florida.
http://www.wwals.net/
SpectraBusters: We
ain’t afraid a no pipeline!
Landowners and others opposed to the Sabal Trail gas
pipeline through Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.
Contact:
spectrabusters@gmail.com
http://spectrabusters.org
www.facebook.com/spectrabusters
Garrett Kizer
Lee County, AL
850-420-3854
Danielle Jordan
Lowndes Co., GA
229-300-7422
Beth Gordon
Levy Co., FL
352-528-0111
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See also these presentation materials.
And see also these previous meetings:
- Tackle the Pipeline at the Root: Alabama FERC Scoping Meetings; Seale, Alexander City, or Butler Alabama, 10,11,12 March 2014.
- Videos: Moultrie FERC Scoping Meeting @ FERC 2014-03-05
- Colquitt County passes pipeline minimum depth resolution
- Videos: Valdosta FERC Scoping Meeting @ FERC 2014-03-04
- VDT redacted Sabal Trail pipeline FERC Scoping Meeting story @ FERC 2014-03-04
- A hundred against the Sabal Trail pipeline in Albany
- Sabal Trail same old at Albany FERC Scoping Meeting
- Videos of: Sabal Trail interrogated in Gilchrist County, Florida @ GCC 2014-02-20
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