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Energy efficiency programs in NH could reduce as much as 20% of our energy usage. That alone could compensate for any need, but there's more. If Liberty Utilities were to seal all the leaks in their pipelines, we'd have even more than we need. New Hampshire does not need another pipeline and it won't reduce our energy rates. Instead, encourage your State Senators to ask Governor Sununu to request a federal task force to study offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine. It would provi

A company cut trees for a pipeline that hasn’t been approved. The landowners just filed for compensation. Family contends the line will never be built A Pennsylvania family that lost more than 500 trees to make way for the stalled Constitution Pipeline project asked a court on Thursday to dissolve an injunction that gave the company access to their property, and to determine compensation that remains unpaid. The Hollerans of New Milford Township in Susquehanna County argue th

🔴 TRUMP, HIS ADMINISTRATION & FERC WANT TO OVERRULE STATES WHO TRY TO STOP PIPELINES Governor Sununu supports pipelines. Liberty Utilities is pushing gas at an alarming rate. We must take action and #resist. Please join us in standing strong against #pipelines and fracked gas expansion. Please consider a donation today to support our continued efforts to stop pipelines and promote an immediate transition to 100% renewable energy. DONATE "After years of pipeline projects gett

IT'S TRUE. EVEN THOSE DEEPLY INVOLVED ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH FERC'S PIPELINE RUBBER STAMP. "The expansion of natural gas infrastructure along the East Coast has created a seemingly endless queue of new pipeline battles involving landowners, environmentalists, states and the federal government. Some of the proposed pipelines have similar names. A handful have similar routes. Many have been in the news for years, while others seem to have sprung from nowhere. They're all ac

The federal agency has approved 8 Bcf/d of pipeline capacity in recent months, resisting calls to expand its evaluation procedures. Author: Gavin Bade Most of the media spotlight on FERC lately has focused on generation subsidies proposed by the Department of Energy. But as the commission considers the controversial plan to support coal and nuclear plants, gas pipeline politics continue to simmer alongside. At the commission’s open meeting this month, Acting Chairman Neil Cha

Karen Feridun Founding Member of Pennsylvanians Against Fracking & Founder of Berks Gas Truths 08/05/2017 "Robert Powelson, the newly-confirmed member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, wasn’t clear who he was referring to when he said that citizens who fight pipeline projects are engaged in a “jihad” at an industry conference in March. He may have been referring to the Standing Rock Sioux and all the other water protectors who withstood attack dogs, water cannons i

"With two confirmations, FERC finally has a quorum. The Senate voted Thursday evening to confirm two Republican nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, one of whom accused natural gas pipeline opponents of waging a “jihad” against the agency. Robert Powelson, a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission who made the accusation against pipeline opponents, and Neil Chatterjee, a senior energy policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY

JULY 20, 2017 | POSTED IN NEWS | NO COMMENTS Written by: Anne Meador Opponents to the GOP healthcare plan weren’t the only ones paying visits to U.S. Senators on Capitol Hill today. Fracking and gas pipelines are also proving to be contentious issues leading up to a key vote on confirmations to a federal agency. Communities facing the construction of interstate gas pipelines, compressor stations and storage facilities have been raising a ruckus for several years now about the

For Immediate Release July 21, 2017 Contacts - Maya van Rossum, The Delaware Riverkeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, 215 801 3043 (cell) - Karen Feridun, Founder, Berks Gas Truth, - Todd Larsen, Executive Co-Director, Green America, 202 872 5310 - Rosemary Wessel, No Fracked Gas in Mass, 413 358 7663 - Stephanie Scherr, Director, ECHO Action NH, 603 562 6025 - Drew Hudson, Beyond Extreme Energy, 802 272 9763 - Environmental Groups Protest Against Trump’s FERC Nominees an

"This month, more than 165 organizations and 2000 concerned people from across Americasent a letter to Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asking for justice. Not justice for any one individual – justice for the country and the environment. As key members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Sanders and Warren have the ear of the Government Accountability Office and the power to successfully call for an investigation into what has b