Showing posts with label Sabal Trail pipeline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sabal Trail pipeline. Show all posts

Friday, March 24, 2017

Rick Scott's Sabal Trail Natural Gas Pipeline

The Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline, a giant interstate project whose tail reaches over 268 miles into Florida, has generated fierce opposition as its construction moves through the state from Georgia to its end-point in Osceola County. here
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"Projects like this will make Floridians dependent on fossil fuel for many decades “when its citizens continually vote for solar energy and renewables. We’re not alone. This is happening all over the country.” 
The Sierra Club

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Sabal Trail Pipeline Project Crew Absent, Protesters Gather

Protesters gathered in Dunnellon, Florida, to show their support for Kathy Lane, a resident whose property has already been damaged by the Sabal Trail Pipeline project. The construction crew was not present. 

Monday, December 5, 2016

Florida's Own Pipeline Problem

Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC, known as Sabal Trail, is using $3 billion of Florida Power and Light (FPL) ratepayer money to build a 515-mile pipeline to transport natural gas obtained via fracking from eastern Alabama to central Florida. here

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Sabal Trail Pipeline Protesters Arrested In Gilchrist County

The Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office arrested 14 people, including one who had locked himself to a tanker truck that was delivering water needed for the construction. The others who were arrested were on the roadside holding signs. here
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“With the exception of the person who was locked to the truck, everybody else was complying with the sheriff’s orders but they chose to arrest everybody.” 
Cara Jennings
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Florida's Pipeline

The 474-mile Sabal Trail pipeline is proposed to run from Alabama to Florida. It would cut through a dozen counties, including Alachua County, according to the pipeline project’s website, but many protestors argued the pipeline may contaminate Florida’s aquifer. here