“If Sabal Trail and Spectra energy are not guilty of invasion of
privacy, why isn’t the public need to know and educate equally if
not more important?”
That’s the gist of Beth Gordon’s
appeal of 12 January 2014
to
FERC’s
redacted landowner list
in response to her FOIA request.
Here’s more:
It is my opinion that there is no privacy interest in the mere name
and mailing address of an individual, particularly where, as here,
Sabal Trail and Spectra energy has already used them numerous times
to send unsolicited letters, invitations, and demands to survey. If
Sabal Trail and Spectra energy are not guilty of invasion of
privacy, why isn’t the public need to know and educate equally if
not more important? The public right to know who is affected, to
become educated, and to understand what is at stake ought not to be
left to a private energy corporation that stands to make millions of
dollars by getting this project approved with the least amount of
resistance from landowners. FERC’S refusal to release these names
and mailing addresses ensures that Sabal Trail and Spectra Energy
are the only ones with the ability to contact these individuals
(which they have done numerous times) and “educate them”
as to this particular pipeline project.
In the Act generally, and particularly under Exemption (6), there is a strong presumption in favor
of disclosure.” Continue reading Appeal to redacted FOIA –Beth Gordon →
On this final day to plead my/our case, it is time for the FERC to look at the bigger picture and stop caving to the short term fixes. We are in trouble, and you can help by voting to DENY THE SABAL TRAIL METHANE PIPELINE! Leave the gas in the ground…..where it’s already conveniently stored!