Shoestring Energy Justice Network and Dimock families defeat mighty Cabot Oil & Gas in $4.2 million anti-fracking lawsuit win

March 11, 2016Economy, Ethics, Fracking, Hazards, Health, Law, Pennsylvania, SafetyAlex Lotorto, Allison Petryk, Cabot Oil & Gas, Dimock, Economy, Energy Justice Network, Ethics, Fracking, Hazards, Health, John S. Quarterman, Law, Pennsylvania, Safety, SpectraBusters, Susquehanna CountyJohn S. Quarterman

Here’s why Sabal Trail and all the other fossil fuel profiteers avoid jury trials at all costs: when twelve peers of the afflicted decide, the frackers lose. But money isn’t enough. That land and water is permanently poisoned. There’s only one real solution: end fracking, to end all its new pipelines, compressor stations, bomb trains, … 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 →

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 →

We were told to shut up or quit –Spectra Energy whistleblowers

December 1, 2015Economy, Environment, Hazards, Rhode Island, SafetyAIM, Algonquin Incremental Market, Burrilville, Economy, environment, FANG, Fighting Against Natural Gas, Hazards, John S. Quarterman, National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, profit, Rhode Island, Safety, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Even Spectra workers sometimes develop a conscience. These whistleblowers are not the first, and thirty years of Spectra’s sordid safety record agrees with them. Tonight you can help stop Spectra from drilling under the Suwannee River in Florida, and that will help stop Spectra in Burrillville, Rhode Island. Steve Ahlquist, RI Future.org, 30 November 2015, … Continue reading →

Albany against Sabal Sinkhole Trail at GA-EPD air quality hearing

November 20, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Georgia, WaterAir, compressor, Dougherty County, Enon Winkler, environmental justice, Eric Cornwell, Flint River, Flint Riverkeeper, GA EPD, Georgia, Gordon Rogers, Greenlaw, Hank Johnson David Scott, John Lewis, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Sanford Bishop, sinkhole, Sinkhole Trail, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Steve Caley, Water, Winfred DukesJohn S. Quarterman

The people don’t want Sabal Trail, nor its compressor station. Nobody but Spectra’s paid person Andrea Grover spoke for Sabal Trail, and she only did it by email later, not at the hearing. Pretty good coverage in three local stories. Carlton Fletcher, Albany Herald, 7 November 2015, Sabal Trail opponents voice concerns to EPD: State … Continue reading →

Sabal Trail is a reckless proposal –GA State Senator Sims to FERC

October 25, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, Environment, Georgia, Hazards, Health, Law, Safety, WaterAir, Albany, compressor, Dougherty County, Economy, environment, Freddie Powell Sims, Georgia, Hazards, Health, John S. Quarterman, Law, Safety, SpectraBusters, WaterJohn S. Quarterman

Sabal Trail targets those most vulnerable, the “elderly, disabled and without monetary or political means to “fight” such an environmentally intrusive plan.” Filed with FERC 23 October 2015 as Accession Number 20151023-5278, “Comment of Senator Freddie Powell Sims under CP15-17”: FREDDIE POWELL SIMS District 12 110-A State Capitol Atlanta. Georgia 30334 Phone: (404) 463-5259 Fax: … Continue reading →

Four Congress members demand Sabal Trail move off of Albany, GA

October 24, 2015Compressor, Dougherty County, FERC, Georgia, Hazards, LawAfrican-American, compressor, David Scott, Dougherty County, environmental justice, FERC, Georgia, Hazards, Health, Henry C. Hank Johnson Jr., John Lewis, Law, Member of Congress, Sanford D. Bishop Jr., SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Writing directly to the FERC Commissioners, these representatives stand up for the people against pipeline company greed. For immediate release: Friday, October 23, 2015 Contact: Max Gigle, 202-225-3631 PROPOSED SABAL TRAIL RAISES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HEALTH CONCERNS CONGRESSMAN BISHOP AND GEORGIA HOUSE DEMOCRATS DEMAND ALTERNATIVES ALBANY, GA — Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02) spearheaded … Continue reading →

Videos: Citizens against Sabal “Sinkhole” Trail pipeline to FERC in Albany, Moultrie, Valdosta, and Lake City

October 3, 2015Colquitt County, Columbia County, Compressor, Dougherty County, Environment, Ethics, FERC, Florida, Fracking, Georgia, Hazards, Law, Lowndes County, WaterAlbany, Colquitt County, Columbia County, community, compressor, Dougherty County, eminent domain, environment, Ethics, FERC, Flint River, Flint Riverkeeper, Florida, Floridan Aquifer, Fracking, Georgia, Hazards, John S. Quarterman, Lake City, Law, Lowndes County, Moultrie, Okapilco Creek, Our Santa Fe River, people, property rights, SpectraBusters, Suwannee River, Valdosta, Water, Withlacoochee River, WWALS Watershed CoalitionJohn S. Quarterman

Citizens renamed Sabal Trail the Sinkhole Pipeline because it doesn’t belong in the sinkhole-prone karst limestone of the Floridan Aquifer. FERC can’t say they weren’t told, since videographers followed them through all four cities so far; see for yourself. Albany, Monday 28 September 2015, videos by Thomas Swain Gloria Gaines asks why a compressor station … Continue reading →

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