Northjersey Pipeline Walkers

02/02/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/eB76ZrUscVq5BavV/?mibextid=xfxF2i

TGP IS RUINING OUR ENVIRONMENT

10/07/2021

Federal officials recognize proposed New Jersey pipeline upgrades for climate change impact but reject claims of a significant environmental impact.

08/12/2021

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/08/just-because-a-forest-is-protected-doesnt-mean-it-wont-get-logged/

As conservationists lobby governments to protect 30% of the planet’s land, it’s becoming clear there’s no guarantee that “protected” land is safe from chainsaws.The proliferation of high-quality satellite imagery has enabled scientists and activists to act as watchdogs, checking for eviden...

04/09/2021

This pipeline has to be shut down

The Dakota Access pipeline will remain in operation while the federal government reviews its environmental impacts, a lawyer for the federal government indicated Friday.

02/22/2021

ENERGY POLICY: FERC moves could shift Biden's clean energy plan, Texas grid -- Friday, February 19, 2021 -- www.eenews.net

Insightful and balanced coverage from E&E News' award-winning services - Energywire, Climatewire, E&E Daily, Greenwire, E&E News PM and E&ETV - that readers rely upon for comprehensive and timely stories not found anywhere else.

02/05/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRFUZkQgAgU

A natural gas pipeline in Piedmont, Oklahoma, exploded on Wednesday, triggering a massive fire and prompting authorities to evacuate nearby residents.» Subsc...

02/02/2021

http://www.westmilfordmessenger.com/news/local-news/planned-expansion-of-compressor-station-raises-health-concerns-JC1499946

Environmentalists and a local resident urged the Wantage Township Committee to oppose the expansion of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline compressor planned f...

12/22/2020

BREAKING! Legal Win!
Statement on EPA Motion to Dismiss Delaware Riverkeeper Network Challenge Denied by Federal Court
Today, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied EPA’s motion to dismiss the Delaware Riverkeeper Network’s complaint challenging EPA’s Section 401 Certification Rule. The judge agreed with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network’s (DRN’s) arguments on both ripeness and standing.
“In recent years there has been a steady erosion of states’ rights and people’s rights in order to advance damaging projects like fracked gas pipelines. The 401 Certification Rule change we are challenging is the most recent clear and determined effort by the Trump administration to hamstring the ability of states to fulfill their right and duty to protect the natural resources and residents of their state. We weren’t sure which way the court would rule. All too often, when it comes to pipelines, the courts have been willing to accept the arguments of government and industry that states and people should be forced to sit on the legal sidelines until the pipeline approval and construction process is so far along that even a successful legal challenge will come too late and only after a project is constructed and in operation,” said Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper and leader of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. “I think we are at a turning point in the battle against pipelines, that the courts are finally realizing that, in fact, justice delayed is justice denied and that there is an irreplaceable role for the courts that is not just about deferring to what government and industry want.”
“Today’s ruling recognizes the very real threat that the 401 Certification Rule poses to the Delaware River Watershed and affirmed DRN’s right to seek redress in court on behalf of its members,” said Kacy Manahan, Senior Attorney at the Delaware Riverkeeper Network.
On July 13, 2020, DRN filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act announced on June 1, 2020.
The proposed changes have particular relevance for fracked gas pipelines that have been on the leading edge of the debate about the strength and future of section 401. Until the rollbacks, a federal agency could not authorize a project such as a fracked gas pipeline until the state issued a 401 certification or waived their right to do so. The new rules seek to temper this authority in significant and illegal ways. A 2019 Executive Order issued by Mr. Trump emphasized that this changed rule was intended to help advance fossil fuel infrastructure.
View DRN’s July 2020 challenge here.
View the December 2020 Court opinion here and order here.
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10/07/2020

Exploding pipelines.... says it all

Residents in Polk and San Jacinto counties woke up to the roaring noise Sunday morning.

08/21/2020

Health effects from compressor stations -- important read

Stony Point & Southeast compressor stations monthly amounts of blowdowns/vented/gas loss and contaminants totals Southeast monthly blowdowns of gas loss 2019 – no July Stony Point monthly…

08/21/2020

Is West Milford, Vernon and Wantage going to be railroaded into air pollution?

‘The Monster of Minisink,’ a cautionary tale- Once upon a time back in 2011, Minisink, a small New York town about an hour northwest of Manhattan, faced a big problem. That may sound like the start of a fable, but rest assured: All names, dates, and events in this commentary are real, as is “...