WWALS has long opposed the unnecessary, environmentally destructive,
and hazardous Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline,
see for example
the 3 April 2015 front page Atlanta Journal-Constitution article.
Now Sabal Trail has sued a landowner in a WWALS watershed county.
Everyone who can, please attend the hearing or send letters.
When: 9:30 AM 28 May 2015 Continue reading
Yet more documentation on why gouging a pipeline under the Withlacoochee River, or through this Valdosta Limesink area anywhere, would be a bad idea:
In most watersheds (river basins) in Florida the interactions between ground water and surface water typically result in a single dynamic flow system. This direct hydraulic linkage results from numerous karst features (such as sinkholes, conduit systems in the underlying limestone, and springs) that facilitate the exchange of water between the surface and subsurface (fig. 1). Unique problems can arise in protecting water quality in karst areas because of the direct and rapid transport of recharge through conduits to the subsurface and through resurgence by springs. In some areas, recharge from unknown drainage pathways to areas of discharge may contribute to chemical and biological contamination of water supplies. Such contamination in karst areas has been documented by many studies.
Yes, it says Florida, but the geology doesn’t stop at the state line, as USGS spelled out in a 1999 study of the Withlacoochee River. It works like this in Georgia, too: Continue reading
Update 2014-04-25 11:AM: Unfortunately the whole event has been cancelled.
Come hear from
Students Against Violating the Environment (S.A.V.E.)
about fossil fuel divestment
and other environmental issues, 1-4PM today in Drexel Park, NE corner of Patterson Street and Brookwood Avenue;
Facebook event. Rain location: University Center, just south of Brookwood.
WWALS will have Alapaha River Water Trail brochures, flyers for the Third Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race 2015-05-16 and other WWALS events, plus news about opposition to the Sabal Trail pipeline.
WWALS and S.A.V.E. have long been allied in opposing the Sabal Trail pipeline, and in proposing fossil fuel divestment. WWALS sent a letter to the VSU Foundation 18 October 2013 quoting S.A.V.E.: Continue reading
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LEE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
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SABAL TRAIL TRANSMISSION, LLC,
Plaintiff,
vs.
JAMES E. BELL, II and ROBERT A. BELL,
Defendants. |
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Civil Action No. 14-CV-208RS
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AMICUS CURIAE OF WWALS WATERSHED COALITION, Inc.
IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS THE BELLS
COMES NOW WWALS WATERSHED COALITION, INC. (WWALS), as friends of the court and concerned citizens in the above-entitled action in support of the Defendants and file this their brief with the court in the above referenced case and states as follows and provides in support thereof the following:
Continue readingAtlanta is surrounded by pipelines, says the AJC reporter and photographer who came to to Dougherty, Colquitt, and Lowndes Counties in February.
Dan Chapman, AJC, 3 April 2015, South Georgia pipeline plan fuels fight,
Valdosta — Southwest Georgia is roiling mad over a proposed gas pipeline to Florida that virtually nobody in Atlanta, except Ted Turner, has heard about.
Electric Light & Power has more of the text: Continue reading
Yes, it seems like robbery, and no, we don’t have to tolerate any of this.
Satilla Riverkeeper’s board member Clay Montague wrote in the Camden County Tribune & Georgian 26 March 2015, Don’t risk river for foreign oil sales,
Dear Editor,
A fuel pipeline across the Satilla River is a danger to our county. Imagine a broken pipe spilling fuel into the Satilla for just one day.
Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline would transport 167,000 barrels per day of refined petroleum products to Jacksonville, Fla. It will likely cross the Satilla about a mile downstream of Burnt Fort. The river is tidal there. Any spill will quickly head both directions, spreading fuel into swamps and marshes, killing fish and trees, and reach the beaches of Cumberland and Jekyll.
How much is 167,000 barrels? Continue reading
Friday the Georgia Senate unanimously voted for a solar financing bill, and WWALS helped with that historic Georgia turn to the sun for power, which will conserve our waters, including helping fight off invading pipelines.
Back in June 2013,
Garry Gentry read to the Georgia Public Service Commission the WWALS letter about water and solar power (I also spoke), contributing to the historic GA PSC decision that July to require Georgia Power to add 525 MW of solar power, approximately doubling its request.
A decision that catapulted Georgia in one year Continue reading
Come to the courthouse Leesburg, GA Tuesday at 11:30 AM or write a letter, if you want help stop the unnecessary, destructive, and hazardous Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline.
Remember last July when
landowners countersued a Houston pipeline company in Leesburg, Georgia?
When the judge refused to grant any judgement for the pipeline,
while
protesters from as far as nine hours away watched attentively?
WALB TV
covered the hearing
and
three newspapers carried
the WWALS op-ed that followed.
This Tuesday morning the same pipeline company will be back asking for a summary judgment for eminent domain against the same landowners.
If you can’t come in person, for letters here is contact information Continue reading
Kinder Morgan wants to run a 360-mile Palmetto pipeline from South Carolina through Georgia to Florida, but has found organized opposition in Push Back the Pipeline:
We oppose the Palmetto Project. Our coalition includes Savannah Riverkeeper, Altamaha Riverkeeper, Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Satilla Riverkeeper, St. Johns Riverkeeper, One Hundred Miles, and Environment Georgia. Kinder Morgan would build 360 miles of new pipeline across land and rivers in SC and on GA’s coast, a risk we just can’t take. Building another pipeline is a risk to Continue reading
Sabal Trail seems to have a very constrained idea of the Floridan Aquifer
that doesn’t include areas in for example Colquitt, Brooks, and Lowndes County
that USGS says are in the Floridan Aquifer.
But at least Sabal Trail is admitting its fracked methane pipeline would
cross numerous aquifer systems.
Filed with FERC 2015-02-20 as Accession Number: 20150220-5131, “Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC submits supplemental information on adopted alternatives and information on other reroutes and modifications under CP15-17.” PDF. Continue reading