Tag Archives: First Amendment

FERC loses: Judge acquits Beyond Extreme activist

August 31, 2015FERC, LawBeyond Extreme Energy, BXE, FERC, First Amendment, John F. McCabe Jr., John S. Quarterman, Laura Gubisch, Law, Mark Goldstone, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

FERC is 100% funded by the industries it “regulates”, but apparently there’s at least one independent judge left, and FERC loses for persecuting the public it’s supposed to represent.

BXE, 30 August 2015, Judge Faults FERC, Acquits Beyond Extreme Energy Activist,

A member of Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) who was arrested inside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission building in May and charged with illegal entry was declared not guilty last week (Aug. 20) in a bench trial before Judge John F. McCabe Jr. in D.C. Superior Court.

In acquitting Laura Gubisch, Continue reading FERC loses: Judge acquits Beyond Extreme activist →

A methane pipeline company sues a newspaper about publishing open records

September 18, 2014Alabama, FERC, Jefferson County, Law, PHMSA, SafetyAL PSC, Alabama, Alabama Gas Co, Alabama Public Service Commission, Alagasco, DIMP, Distribution Integrity Management Plan, First Amendment, freedom of the press, Jefferson County, John S. Quarterman, Law, Montgomery Advertiser, open records, PHMSA, prior restraint, public records, Safety, SpectraBusters, Tom Clifford, USA TodayJohn S. Quarterman

How desperate is the pipeline industry getting? One has gone so far as to demand a court grant it veto power over public open records.

Kala Kachmar, Montgomery Advertiser, 17 September 2014, Alagasco sues Advertiser to stop use of pipe safety plan,

Alabama Gas Corporation has taken legal action to attempt to stop the Montgomery Advertiser from publishing or writing about the company’s document that outlines a plan to ensure the safety of gas pipes.

The document, Alagasco’s Distribution Integrity Management Plan (DIMP), was obtained in June through a public records request to the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC), which oversees the state’s utilities.

All gas companies are required by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to file a plan that assures pipeline safety and integrity with the state entity that oversees utility companies.

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Pipeline opponents converge on Leesburg, GA to help landowners countersue

July 8, 2014British Columbia, Canada, Florida, Georgia, Hendry County, Law, Lee County, LNG, McDuffie Countyassembly, First Amendment, Georgia, hearing, John S. Quarterman, Law, Lee County, outliers, petition, PR, redress of grievances, Sabal Trail Transmission, SpectraBusters, trialJohn S. Quarterman

Landowners countersue fracked methane pipeline company; supporters converge on Leesburg, GA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Valdosta, July 8th 2014 — As far as 400 miles from Hendry County, Florida, people converge Thursday to support landowners in Lee County, Georgia as they countersue Sabal Trail Transmission about surveying without permission for a huge 36-inch fracked methane pipeline on a hundred-foot right of way.

Watershed groups including WWALS watershed coalition and Our Santa Fe River will be there, representing all the major tributaries of the Suwannee River, in this peaceful assembly to oppose the pipeline. Continue reading Pipeline opponents converge on Leesburg, GA to help landowners countersue →

Peaceful Assembly at Pipeline Trial, Leesburg, GA, July 10th 2014

June 27, 2014Georgia, Law, Lee County, PRassembly, First Amendment, Georgia, hearing, John S. Quarterman, Law, Lee County, outliers, petition, PR, redress of grievances, Sabal Trail Transmission, SpectraBusters, trialJohn S. Quarterman

A landowner is suing Sabal Trail Transmission for going on their land after being told not to. It’s a public hearing, so interested parties can come from anywhere to attend in a peaceful, lawful assembly.

Update 2014-07-08: See press release.

If the place or date gets changed, everyone is invited to come anyway. , PDF

Date:	Thursday 10 July 2014
Times:	10AM assemble outside 11AM hearing inside
Where:	Lee County Courthouse 100 Leslie Highway Leesburg, Georgia 31763
Case:	Sabal Trail Transmission v. James E. Bell II and Robert Bell Case number 14CV208RS
What:	Alabamians, Georgians, Floridians, and everyone opposed to this unnecessary fracked methane pipeline, here is an opportunity to show you don’t want this hazardous destruction of the environment and property rights so a few companies can profit at everyone else’s expense.

You can also do some of these other things: Continue reading Peaceful Assembly at Pipeline Trial, Leesburg, GA, July 10th 2014 →