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Canadian regulator orders Spectra to clean up its safety practices

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Canada’s FERC equivalent had to escalate from specific fines to a blanket clean-up order. Do you still believe Spectra is “a very genuine, safe, law-abiding company”? Mackenzie Scrimshaw, iPolitics.ca, 15 July 2015, The Drilldown: Spectra Energy faces NEB fines, Spectra Energy Corp SE.N is feeling the heat from the National Energy Board (NEB). As Reuters … Continue reading Canadian regulator orders Spectra to clean up its safety practices →

Spectra challenging fine for not protecting Western Toad

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Does this help you believe Spectra’s promises to protect gopher tortoises while invading Georgia with its Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline? Mike Carter, Alaska Highway News, 17 June 2015, Spectra challenges $28,000 fine for failing to protect Western Toad habitat, Spectra Energy Transmission faces a $28,000 fine for allegedly failing to protect the habitat of … Continue reading Spectra challenging fine for not protecting Western Toad →

Follow New York State and ban fracking nationwide –Lois Gibbs

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The woman who stood up for Love Canal residents and caused the federal government to create Superfunds now calls for a nationwide fracking ban. And with no fracking, there will be no new pipelines! Buffalo News, 13 July 2015, Another Voice: Federal fracking ban should follow New York’s lead, By Lois Marie Gibbs On June … Continue reading Follow New York State and ban fracking nationwide –Lois Gibbs →

Terrell County minister picketing Sabal Trail in Dougherty County

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Locals are concerned about the health of mankind, of everybody, and call on our elected and appointed officials to stop the Sabal Trail fracked methane invasion. I haven’t heard too much from the elected officials in Terrell County as concerned. As a matter of fact, I haven’t heard from our state representative. Even our Senator … Continue reading Terrell County minister picketing Sabal Trail in Dougherty County →

Spectra already lost at FERC once; could also lose at NRC

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FERC previously denied a Spectra pipeline, and now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) may prevent one. After three months of asking, John Peconom of FERC divulged how many pipelines FERC had ever denied: two, of which one was for a pipeline from an LNG site in Providence, Rhode Island, proposed by KeySpan LNG, L.P. and … Continue reading Spectra already lost at FERC once; could also lose at NRC →

Don’t let FERC and Spectra AIM fracked gas at Indian Point Nuke: petition

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What’s worse than a nuclear power plant with forged safety documents on a fault line that catches fire and leaks oil into the Hudson River? A fracked methane pipeline right next to it, by a Houston company with a long rap sheet of safety violations! Please follow the link, sign this petition, and share widely. … Continue reading Don’t let FERC and Spectra AIM fracked gas at Indian Point Nuke: petition →

SpectraBusters Signs Global FrackDown Letter – Please Join Us

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SpectraBusters has joined hundreds of other environmental, faith based, and conservative organizations in a Global FrackDown by signing an organizational letter addressing The 21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21).  Also known as ” Paris 2015″  the climate change conference will take place in Paris from November … Continue reading SpectraBusters Signs Global FrackDown Letter – Please Join Us →

Call your Senators against TPP today

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Turn one vote and actual approval of TPP will fail, because the pro-LNG-export pro-fracking pro-pipeline Trans-Pacific Partnership got Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in the U.S. Senate yesterday “by the narrowest margin in the legislative mechanism’s history, 60-37. The procedural measure required 60 votes to pass.” So it’s time to call Florida Senator Bill … Continue reading Call your Senators against TPP today →

Pipelines don’t age, and we have no idea why Transco blew up (again) –Williams Co.

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How do they say these things with a straight face? Although the pipeline that ruptured was at least 4 decades old, company officials say pipelines don’t age — Sure and their bathrooms don’t require air vents, because they don’t stink. …and its maintained according to federal standards. As in the standards the Pipeline & Hazardous … Continue reading Pipelines don’t age, and we have no idea why Transco blew up (again) –Williams Co. →

FERC Connection with Spectra Energy & The Plan To Export Fracked Gas Via Sabal Trail Pipeline

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Susan Waller is vice president of stakeholder outreach and sustainability for Spectra Energy Corp.  Spectra Energy is the Houston based company that is installing and planning various fracked gas pipelines across the USA for export to other countries. This includes the regional Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC owned by Spectra Energy, NextEra (FPL), and Duke Energy.  … Continue reading FERC Connection with Spectra Energy & The Plan To Export Fracked Gas Via Sabal Trail Pipeline →