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Partial win at FPL Hendry County proposed power plant 2016-04-12

April 11, 2016Florida, Hendry County, SolarFlorida, FPL, Hendry BOCC, Hendry County, Indian, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Seminole, solar, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Local opposition has gotten a proposed FPL fracked methane power plant away from the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, and part of FPL’s site converted to a proposed solar plant. More can be done, but this shows county commissions can fight even mighty FPL, plus Sabal Trail’s pipeline, the likely source of the gas.

FPL wanted rezoning March 8th, but Hendry County Commissioners postponed it until April 12th, which is tomorrow. Eileen Soler, Seminole Tribune, 29 March 2016, Another delay for Hendry FPL plant hearing, Continue reading Partial win at FPL Hendry County proposed power plant 2016-04-12 →

Not willing to exchange for money –Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation

July 13, 2014Florida, History, Lawaboriginal, Aboriginal Peoples, Big Cypress national Preserve, Bobby C. Billie, Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation, Everglades National Park, Florida, History, Indians, James K. Polk, John S. Quarterman, John Tyler, Law, Native Americans, Seminole, SpectraBusters, treatyJohn S. Quarterman

Bobby C. Billie of the Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples came to the hearing in Leesburg, GA for Sabal Trail Transmission v. the Bell family. Thanks to Trisha Springstead, here is a PDF with several documents from that Council; the first Statement and the main images are inline here in HTML. -jsq

Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation
Aboriginal Peoples
Statement
November 21, 2013
In the 1700’s and 1800’s The Miccosukee Simanolee Nation entered into Agreements with the United States and entered into an Executive Agreement with the United States in 1842, which guaranteed and recognized the Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples’ title to about 5 million acres in south Florida. The Agreement was confirmed by Executive Order of the President in 1845. The Agreement has never been repudiated nor terminated Continue reading Not willing to exchange for money –Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation →

Spectra Pipeline into Southern Swamps –Earth First!

June 30, 2014EPA, FERC, FloridaEarth First!, EPA, FERC, Florida, FPL, Hendry County, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Seminole, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, swampJohn S. Quarterman

Opposition from the south end of the proposed pipeline route, from a group that has been opposing FPL fracked methane power plants since 2008.

Panagioti wrote for Earth First! Newswire 6 April 2014, Spectra Seeks Approval to Send Gas Pipeline into the Southern Swamps,

What would you do if a corporation got permits to build a time bomb on your land?

Rural communities across Alabama, Georgia and Florida are joining the chorus of people asking this all-too-familiar question.

But resistance to proposed fossil fuel pipelines has been growing… almost as frequent as the steady stream of disasters from existing pipelines.

New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, B.C., Ontario…. Each Continue reading Spectra Pipeline into Southern Swamps –Earth First! →