FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Valdosta, 17 February 2014 — On
the agenda with questions from a citizens committee plus 3
minutes for local citizens to speak to the
Gilchrist County Commission about the proposed Sabal Trail
methane gas pipeline. Please remember to fill out a speaking
card when you enter the building. Anyone from anywhere can
come listen, or protest against the pipeline outside.
When:
5:00 PM
Thursday, February 20 th 2014
Where:
BOCC Meeting Facility
210 South Main Street
Trenton, Florida 32693
(352) 463-3198
Why: Spectra Energy,
which had compressor station leaks in Maine last month and
in Pennsylvania last year, plus multiple fines by Pipeline
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for
corrosion and leaks, and a record $15 million EPA fine for
PCB contamination, proposes a hundred-foot-wide gash through
our lands for their huge 36 inch Sabal Trail gas
pipeline from Alabama through Georgia to feed Florida Power
and Light (FPL) and Duke Energy for no benefit to local
citizens and rate hikes for FPL customers. A one-time
payment is not enough for decreased property values,
permanent destruction, and hazards of leaks and explosions,
when FPL and Spectra and Duke would profit forever. The gas
comes from fracking in Pennsylvania and Texas, destroying
watersheds, farmlands, and drinking water. Conservation,
efficiency, and solar power are cheaper and bring jobs and
energy here where we need them.
In Conjunction with:
Environmental Awareness
Organization of Auburn University (EAOAU).
https://auburn.collegiatelink.net/organization/eao
New York Climate Action Group (NYCAG) the Spectra struggle (and Williams Transco Rockaway Lateral Pipeline in the Rockaways of Queens, NY and the LNG port resistance in Long Beach, NY).
Occupy the Pipeline, who
fought the NYC extension on the Spectra Pipeline.
http://occupythepipeline.blogspot.com
Our Santa Fe River,
protecting our most vital and vulnerable natural
resource…water.
http://www.oursantaferiver.org/wp/
Sane Energy Project: to
fight fossil fuel and nuclear infrastructure, and encourage
renewable infrastructure.
http://www.SaneEnergyProject.org
Shale Property Rights,
formerly Spectra Energy Watch.
http://www.shalepropertyrights.com/blog/
Sierra Club,
America’s largest and oldest grassroots environmental
group, exploring, enjoying, and protecting the environment
since 1892.
http://www.sierraclub.org
Stop the Pipeline: No
eminent domain, preserve local character and environment,
and pipelines == fracking.
http://www.StopThePipeline.org
Students Against Violating
the Environment (S.A.V.E.) Valdosta State U.
http://ww2.valdosta.edu/vsu/stuorg/save/
Wiregrass Activists for Clean
Energy (WACE): clean and sustainable energy sources.
http://www.wiregrass-ace.org/
WWALS Watershed
Coalition, Willacoochee, Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and
Little River Systems in south Georgia and north Florida.
http://www.wwals.net/
SpectraBusters: We
ain’t afraid a no pipeline!
Landowners and others opposed to the Sabal Trail gas
pipeline through Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.
Contact:
spectrabusters@gmail.com
http://spectrabusters.org
http://www.facebook.com/spectrabusters
Garrett Kizer
Lee County, AL
850-420-3854
Danielle Jordan
Lowndes Co., GA
229-300-7422
Beth Gordon
Levy Co., FL
352-528-0111
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Short Link:
Thanks for posting this alert about our Gilchrist meeting. Local people I’ve spoken with aren’t aware of it. Of course, it starts at 5 p.m., when most people are yet home from work or in from their fields.
Sabal Trail sent me and one of my neighbors yet another new map. As I read it, it shows the primary route coming down east of me, and marks an alternative route that appears, best I can tell, following the existing Fla. Gas Transmission route until it gets west of me, where it appears to run straight through my living room–or maybe just in front of my front porch, through my neighbors property and joins that primary route to travel south through more of Gilchrist County.
Problem is, I have only Sabal Trail to explain this map to me. And I don’t feel that ST is trustworthy. I feel they keep changing the maps to keep everyone off base and too stunned to argue. I’m literally sick to my stomach. mm