FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Valdosta, 28 March 2014 — Come
to the SpectraBusters community panel about the Sabal Trail
methane Pipeline Saturday at Valdosta State University, to
learn how the pipeline could affect you, your property, and
our community. Discussion will be followed by a question and
answer session, in this free event, to which elected and
appointed officials and candidates and the public are
invited.
| Saturday 29 March 2014 3PM to 5PM Lowndes County Georgia |
SpectraBusters
Community Panel Student Union Theater Valdosta State University 1500 N. Patterson Street Valdosta, GA 31698 (229) 333-5800 |
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.
SpectraBusters and allies from all states are invited to
attend, and are encouraged to hold panels elsewhere.
The pipeline company was invited but declined. We’ll hold a chair in case they change their mind.
The Student Union is on the east side of Oak Street, across from Baytree Road. The Theater is on your left as you go in the front door. There is a large parking lot on the west side of Oak Street, south of Baytree.
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
Food and Water Watch
works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe,
accessible and sustainably produced.
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org
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).
No Fracked Gas in Mass.
Exchange fossil fuels for renewable energy.
http://www.nofrackedgasinmass.org/
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
http://spectrabusters.org/?p=1901
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 University, increase environmental awareness and engage students with the community.
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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