FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Valdosta, November 11, 2013— Find out Saturday morning about the huge pipeline proposed to run through our area. Who benefits (not Georgia citizens). What fines have been imposed on the pipeline company. What are the potential dangers of corrosion, leaks and more. Most importantly, find out what our community can do to stop this pipeline from being built.
When: 10 AM Saturday November 16th 2013
Where:
Meeting Room B
Clarion Inn Conference Center
2101 W Hill Ave, Valdosta, GA 31601
Phone:(229) 242-1212
Agenda:
- In the path of the pipeline: landowners and others on
why we oppose it
- Allies speak (fossil fuel divestment, clean energy,
watershed conservation)
- Introduction of elected and appointed officials
- Slide presentation about the pipeline
- Discussion and opportunities to sign up to help
Spectra Energy proposes to run
the Sabal Trail gas pipeline from Alabama through Georgia to
feed a Florida Power and Light (FPL) power plant for no
benefit to citizens of Alabama or Georgia. This huge
36 inch diameter pipeline would tear a 100 foot
wide right of way through all three states. A one-time
payment is nowhere near adequate for permanent damange,
especially when FPL and Spectra would continue to profit
forever.
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) fined Spectra
a record $15 million for leaking
PCBs at 89 sites along another pipeline.
The Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) fined
Spectra
$134,500 in December 2012 for five violations of
federal regulations and Spectra’s own company
procedures, involving
not monitoring pipelines and letting
them corrode and leak.
The source of this gas is
fracking in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and the
Barnett Shale in Texas, destroying whole watersheds and
poisoning farmlands and drinking water. We do not want our
land taken to support destroying someone else’s
land.
This pipeline is huge, bigger
than the 30 inch gas pipeline that blew up in Oklahoma
a few weeks ago, visible from Kansas and Texas. It is
nowhere near safe enough to run anywhere near schools,
churches, people’s houses, or wildlife.
There’s no excuse for
another natural gas pipeline when solar power is cheaper and
brings jobs and energy right here where we need them.
SpectraBusters: We
ain’t afraid a no pipeline!
We are a coalition of landowners and others opposed to the
Sabal Trail Transmission gas pipeline through Alabama,
Georgia, and north Florida. We invite everyone near the path
of this pipeline to this informational meeting.
Contact:
spectrabusters@gmail.com
spectrabusters@yahoo.com
http://spectrabusters.org
www.facebook.com/spectrabusters
Beth Gordon
Levy Co., FL
352-528-0111
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While I plan on being at the meeting, will the meeting actually take place. The reason I ask is because I heard the same information on the radio (FM 105.9) yesterday the 12th and when I called to get the time and date, “Norma” (at the Clarion) said the information was erroneous and she didn”t know anything about it. Can someone confirm the above information?
Yes, the meeting will take place. The Clarion was confused by the radio, but they are happy now. -jsq