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Spectra stock cut to hold; can CEO Greg Ebel explain 5 Feb 2015?

January 17, 2015British Columbia, Economy, Environment, EPA, Florida, Law, Leak, LNGBritish Columbia, Economy, environment, EPA, Greg Ebel, Hold, John S. Quarterman, Law, leak, LNG, methane, Sabal Trail, Sabal Trail Transmission, SEC, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, stock, Tudor PickeringJohn S. Quarterman

Maybe fossil fuel pipelines aren’t such a lucrative business after all? Funny how this Spectra downgrade comes right after the big announcement about EPA proposed methane rules. Can Spectra Energy CEO Greg Ebel explain this away to investors three weeks from now? How about OPEC driving the price of gas down and energy deals among U.S., China, and Russia tanking the U.S. LNG export market? Ebel’s got some ‘splainin’ to do.

Faye Duncan wrote for Dakota Financial News 16 January 2015, Spectra Energy Corp. Cut to “Hold” at Tudor Pickering, Continue reading Spectra stock cut to hold; can CEO Greg Ebel explain 5 Feb 2015? →

Gone national and press conference this morning: FL Gov. Rick Scott pipeline share ownership

July 25, 2014Economy, Environment, EPA, Ethics, FERC, FL PSC, Florida, Orange CountyBeth Gordon, Carlos Smith, corruption, environment, Ethics, Florida, Florida Democratic Party, Linda Stewart, Orange County DEC, Rachel Maddow, Rick Scott, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, stockJohn S. Quarterman

Gone viral and now a big issue in the Florida governor’s race: Broward Bulldog, Tampa Bay Times, Time.com, Florida Democratic Party, WFTV, YouTube, Rachel Maddow’s producer, and Climate Progress, all from the Miami Herald story revealing FL Gov. Rick Scott owned shares in Spectra Energy before his appointees approved its Sabal Trail pipeline. Maybe you’d like to mention this corruption scandal at the Climate Rally and EPA hearings in Atlanta Tuesday next week. And there’s a press conference 11AM this morning at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida.

Tampa Bay Times picked up 21 July 2014 in The FPL-Rick Scott investment connection what Dan Christensen wrote for the Broward Bulldog 21 July 2014, Rick Scott privately profited in FPL pipeline deal approved by governor’s appointees,

Before the story, here’s the governor’s whole statement: Continue reading Gone national and press conference this morning: FL Gov. Rick Scott pipeline share ownership →

Stranded fossil fuel assets: Spectra vs. SolarCity stock

February 3, 2014EconomyEconomy, fossil, John S. Quarterman, SCTY, SE, SolarCity, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, stock, strandedJohn S. Quarterman

Speaking of stranded assets, let’s compare Spectra Energy stock to SolarCity stock. Spectra (SE) is up about 20% ever, while SolarCity is up 500% in one year. Just like solar stocks in general are vastly out-performing fossil fuel stocks Investors: do you want to make money, or do you just want to trash our fragile watersheds and take property from people who won’t profit at all from Spectra’s proposed methane pipeline?

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