Sabal Trail sues Georgia landowners for federal eminent domain –Atlanta Journal Constitution

May 2, 2016Colquitt County, Dougherty County, Georgia, History, Law, TexasAlbany, Bob Graham, Colquitt County, Columbus, Dougherty County, Florida, Georgia, Greenlaw, History, John S. Quarterman, Law, Moultrie, Pennsylvania, Sabal Trail Transmission, Sandra Jones, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Steve Caley, Ted Turner, Texas, Westmoreland CountyJohn S. Quarterman

Which Houston, Texas pipeline company has sued Ted Turner, Bob Graham, and dozens of other Georgia landowners, including a Georgia Centennial Farm? That’s right, Spectra Energy, as in the Sabal Trail fracked methane boondoggle. Dan Chapman, AJC, 1 May 2016, South Georgia pipeline fight turns into battle over eminent domain, A Texas company wants to … Continue reading →

SpectraBusters Allies cited as why Sabal Trail may fail

April 1, 2016Alabama, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Law, PoliticsAllies, Chattahoochee River, Duke Energy, easements, Flint River, FPL, Irina Slav, Kinder Morgan, KMI, legislature, OilPrice, Palmetto Pipeline, river, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, Suwannee River, Tyler Durden, Withlacoochee River, zerohedgeJohn S. Quarterman

SpectraBusters allies were just called out by fossil fuel industry publication OilPrice, and by notorious financial blog Zerohedge, as reasons why Sabal Trail may lose. Irina Slav, OilPrice, 31 March 2016, Gas Pipeline Uses 160 Eminent Domain Suits To Get Property In 3 States, picked up by “Tyler Durden”, Zerohedge.com, 1 April 2016, Eminent domain … Continue reading →

The Empire Strikes Back: Spectra sues FL,GA,AL landowners

March 23, 2016Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Law, Osceola CountyAIM, Alabama, Algonquin, BK Ranches, Brenda Dykgraaf, California, Duke Energy, eminent domain, Florida, Four Corners, FPL, Georgia, Gerald McGratty, Greenpointe Communities, I-4, Intercession City, John S. Quarterman, Law, lawsuit, Osceola County, Porter Ranch, Reunion, Reunion Resort Golf Course, Sabal Trail Transmission, Southern California Gas Co., Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Walt Disney WorldJohn S. Quarterman

Reciting from the standard pipeline playbook, Spectra has started suing landowners. This while doughty rebels defeated 34 aye to 128 nay easements to drill under Georgia rivers, which could put a crimp in the Sabal “Sinkhole” Trail fracked methane boondoggle. Can we the people beat the Mickey Mouse fossil fuel empire? Paul Brinkmann, Orlando Sentinel, … Continue reading →

Resolution against Sabal Trail pipeline –Groveland, FL 2014-04-21

March 4, 2016FERC, Florida, Lake County, Polk County, Sumter County, WaterCity Council, FERC, Florida, Floridan Aquifer, Green Swamp, Groveland, John S. Quarterman, Lake County, Polk County, SpectraBusters, Sumter County, WaterJohn S. Quarterman

In April 2014 the Groveland, Florida City Council unanimously voted to ask FERC to move the Sabal Trail pipeline off of private property and the Green Swamp and onto Florida state lands. The vote is recorded in their minutes of April 21, 2014: Resolution 2014-04-06: Sabal Trail Transmission Line Action: Motion to approve Moved by … Continue reading →

NY Gov. asks FERC to suspend license for a Spectra pipeline

February 29, 2016FERC, Law, New York, Politics, Safety, WaterAIM, Algonquin Incremental Market, Andrew Cuomo, election, FERC, Hudson River, Indian Point, John S. Quarterman, Law, New York, nuclear, Politics, Safety, SAPE, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Stop the Algonquin Pipeline Expansion, WaterJohn S. Quarterman

Petitions to the New York Governor may have helped him send this message to FERC about Spectra’s AIM pipeline project that would go far too close to the document-forging caught-fire leaked-oil-into-the-Hudson River Indian Point nuclear plant: Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times, 28 Feb 2016, Plan to Expand a Pipeline at Indian Point Raises Concern, … Continue reading →

Hike to the Suwannee River with Sierra Club against Sabal Trail – Jan. 16, 2016

January 11, 2016Florida, PR, Suwannee CountyFGT, Florida, Florida Gas Transmission, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Expansion Project, JEP, John S. Quarterman, Maryvonne Devensky, OSFR, Our Santa Fe River, PR, river, Sabal Trail Transmission, Santa Fe River, Sierra Club, SpectraBusters, Suwannee River, Suwannee River State Park, Suwannee-St Johns Group, WWALSJohn S. Quarterman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Live Oak, FL, January 12, 2016 — Stepping up its support for local and larger groups opposing the proposed Sabal Trail pipeline, this Saturday Sierra Club is hosting a meeting culminating in a hike to the Suwannee River to see where Spectra Energy of Houston, Texas proposes to drill under the iconic … Continue reading →

No Fracked Gas Florida –Harriet Heywood

January 10, 2016Economy, Florida, Fracking, Pennsylvania, Politics, Safety, Texas, WaterEconomy, Florida, Florida League of Women Voters, Florida Petroleum Council, Fracking, Ft. Myers, Gasland, Harriet Heywood, Jimmie T Smith, John S. Quarterman, Naples, Orlando, Pennsylvania, Politics, Ray Wesley Rodrigues, Safety, Senator Garrett Richter, SpectraBusters, Susquehanna County, Texas, WaterJohn S. Quarterman

Wouldn’t it be convenient for fossil fuel profits if the Sabal Trail pipeline was already in place and they started fracking? Received today as a comment on Strom LNG Processing & Export In The Public Interest? What About Solar & Other Clean Energy Alternatives?; the content is the opinion of the author undersigned below. -jsq … Continue reading →

Where in Suwannee County is the KMI JAX Expansion Project?

January 8, 2016Compressor, Florida, LNG, Safety, Suwannee CountyBradford County, Clay County, Columbia County, compressor, Duval County, Florida, Hildreth, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Expansion Project, John S. Quarterman, Kinder Morgan, KMI, Live Oak, LNG, O'Brien, population, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, St Johns River, Suwannee County, Suwannee River, Union CountyJohn S. Quarterman

Where does this KMI natural gas project start, and where would it connect to Sabal Trail? Back in March 2015, FERC gave Kinder Morgan docket CP15-144 for its Jacksonville Expansion Project, to ship “natural” gas from Suwannee County to Jacksonville, where Jaxport is gearing up for liquid natural gas (LNG) export. KMI’s FERC application explicitly … Continue reading →

NextEra invests in solar while its subsidiary FPL promotes fracked methane Sabal Trail

January 7, 2016Florida, Fracking, Okeechobee County, Oklahoma, SolarFlorida, Florida Power and Light, Florida Southeast Connection, FPL, Fracking, Indian River County, John S. Quarterman, NEP, NextEra Energy, NextEra Energy Partners, NextEra Energy Resources, Okeechobee County, Oklahoma, Sabal Trail Transmission, solar, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Does it seem like FPL is the sucker in these fossil fuel deals by its parent NextEra? While the people of Florida fall far behind even New Jersey and Massachusetts in deploying solar power in the much more populous Sunshine State? You can call your local, state, and federal officials and ask them to stop … Continue reading →

What companies are in Sabal Trail and related?

December 9, 2015Duval County, FERC, LNG, Suwannee Countyboondoggle, conflict of interest, corruption, Duke Energy, Duval County, FERC, Florida, Florida Power and Light, FPL, Gulfstream, Jacksonville, John S. Quarterman, Kinder Morgan, KMI, LNG, Rick Scott, Sabal Trail Management, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Suwannee County, Transco, Williams CompanyJohn S. Quarterman

Who is Sabal Trail, anyway? Counties resolving against Sabal Trail might want to make their resolutions against any new pipeline, since there’s already another one proposed for Suwannee County (see below). Sabal Trail owned and operated by…. Reviving a pipeline idea that failed in the Florida PSC in 2009, FPL put out a request for … Continue reading →

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