The AP finally picked up on opposition, newspapers and TV stations from
San Francisco to Washington, DC and from Utah and Chicago to Miami
picked up the AP story that same day, including
Spectra Energy’s home town of Houston, Texas, plus Canada and New Zealand,
followed by the Valdosta Daily Times today, for at least 27 stories total.
Ray Henry wrote for AP Saturday 11 October 2014,
New $3.7B gas line proposed for Ala., Ga., Fla.,
ATLANTA (AP)—A proposal to build a $3.7 billion pipeline
system carrying natural gas into Florida is raising complaints from
Georgia residents—including media mogul Ted Turner—who
say they’d face environmental costs while others get the benefits.
He quoted Gloria Gaines of Albany.
He also mentioned Duke’s proposed Citrus County plant without mentioning
that Duke has repeatedly said it doesn’t need Sabal Trail.
And he didn’t mention LNG export.
But he did list quite a few opponents, and he included this:
NextEra, Spectra or their related political committees have donated
several thousand dollars to politicians, including Alabama Gov.
Robert Bentley and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.
Picking up the AP story that same day were: Continue reading Sabal Trail opposition gets national media attention →
Williams Company’s Transco Hillabee Expansion Project
doesn’t admit it’s late like Sabal Trail,
nor mention that it already blew up in 2011.
Nor that the same Williams spokesperson is pushing the
Atlantic Sunrise project that would feed fracked Marcellus shale gas
to Transco for Sabal Trail and on to three already-approved LNG export
operations in Florida.
