{"id":11040,"date":"2014-10-22T15:10:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T19:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=11040"},"modified":"2014-10-22T15:28:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T19:28:24","slug":"wctv-on-sabal-trail-pipeline-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/wctv-on-sabal-trail-pipeline-activism.html","title":{"rendered":"WCTV on Sabal Trail pipeline activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"639x322 Sabal Trail Right of Way, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=11043\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"300x151 Sabal Trail Right of Way, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/b65ac1b7d3120d3ad338ff5d22ae43f9.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n\r\nGoing on a year after\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/spectra-opens-valdosta-office-next-to-industrial-authority-scene-of-2011-anti-biomass-protests.html\">\r\nSabal Trail opened an office in Valdosta<\/a>,\r\nWCTV used the latest protests to do a retrospective.\r\n<p>\r\nWinnie Wright reported for WCTV today, 22 October 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/home\/headlines\/One-Year-After-Sabal-Trail-Announces-Pipeline-Plans-Activists-Begin-Monthly-Protests-279974602.html\">\r\nOne Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nTime may have passed, but opinions haven&#8217;t changed much here in\r\nValdosta, where people..who are against the pipeline say there are\r\ncountless reasons why it doesn&#8217;t belong in their backyards.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a title=\"638x327 Gretchen Quarterman, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=11024\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"300x154 Gretchen Quarterman, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4a6c33951a77c3b37593128146c4ec6b.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n&ldquo;There&#8217;s a moral obligation to leave the world as beautiful and\r\nmajestic as we found it, and the pipeline; it does not do that&rdquo;,\r\nsays Gretchen Quarterman, President of the Lowndes County Democratic\r\nParty.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndesdems.org\/2014\/03\/03\/lowndes-county-democratic-committee-opposes-sabal-trail-methane-pipeline\/\">LCDP statement against the pipeline<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nWCTV <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/home\/headlines\/One-Year-After-Sabal-Trail-Announces-Pipeline-Plans-Activists-Begin-Monthly-Protests-279974602.html\">\r\nvideo<\/a>:<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/v9.anv.bz\/scripts\/anv_mcp_9.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var p = new anv_pl_def();p.loadVideoWithKey(\"eyJtIjoiR1JUViIsInAiOiI1OSIsInYiOiIyOTU4MDY2In0=\");<\/script>\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\n<a title=\"636x322 Tom Lovett, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=11028\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"300x152 Tom Lovett, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/153431bf82a1730bc2631cd7f05380fe.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n&ldquo;The pipeline will split our farm in half, and in reality it could\r\nkill us and our family because the pipeline will be about 700-feet\r\nbehind our house&rdquo;, says Tom Lovett, an Impacted Landowner.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nTom Lovett to FERC, <a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2014\/02\/09\/i-adamantly-oppose-this-proposed-pipeline-thomas-lovett-to-ferc\/\">1 December 2014<\/a>:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nAs a Brooks County, Georgia landowner who would be directly affected\r\nby Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC&#8217;s proposed pipeline, I adamantly\r\noppose this proposed pipeline, for the reasons stated below.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nFollow\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2014\/02\/09\/i-adamantly-oppose-this-proposed-pipeline-thomas-lovett-to-ferc\/\">\r\nthe link<\/a> for his reasons.\r\n<p>\r\nBack to WCTV:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\n<a title=\"635x358 Susan Waller, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=11036\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"300x169 Susan Waller, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bb82b7e1ba9ace98ac2aa2fb65fee19f.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n&#8220;I understand why the landowners are upset. I mean I really do. I\r\nsee that they don&#8217;t have answers right now, but it just takes time&#8221;,\r\nsaid Susan Waller, VP of Stakeholder Outreach for Sabal Trail\r\nTransmissions.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/susan-waller-refusing-to-answer-a-question-sabal-2013-12-17.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/WOpE64ik8lI\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\nHere&#8217;s video of Ms. Waller\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/video-of-spectra-answering-a-question-about-sabal-trail-in-madison-fl-sabal-2013-12-17.html\">\r\nrefusing to acknowledge Spectra&#8217;s sorry safety record<\/a>\r\nuntil someone showed her a printed list of incidents of corrosion\r\nfrom PHMSA, the Pipeline &#038; Hazardous Materials Agency (PHMSA).\r\nAnd that&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg of\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/hazards\/spectra-safety-violations\/\">\r\nSpectra&#8217;s safety violations<\/a>\r\nif you also look at U.S. DOT&#8217;s NTSB, EPA,\r\nthe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, etc.\r\n<li>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/susan-waller-refusing-to-answer-a-question-sabal-2013-12-17.html\">\r\nHere&#8217;s video of Ms. Waller refusing to answer a question<\/a> she\r\njust asked to hear.\r\n<li>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2013\/12\/12\/no-landowner-list-for-you-andrea-grover\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/grover1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nHere&#8217;s video of\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2013\/12\/12\/no-landowner-list-for-you-andrea-grover\/\">\r\nSpectra&#8217;s Director of Stakeholder Outreach Andrea Grover refusing\r\nto reveal the list of affected landowners<\/a>.\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nAnd I can attest from last night at Sabal Trail&#8217;s Jasper, FL Open House\r\nthat Sabal Trail continues to refuse to acknowledge its sad safety record\r\nor to answer important questions.\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nProtestors say Sabal Trail has had plenty of time, but a pipeline\r\nstill isn&#8217;t a safe option for the area, one reason: active karst\r\ntopography, or sinkholes.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a title=\"634x361 Michael G. Noll, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=11032\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" alt=\"300x171 Michael G. Noll, in One Year After Sabal Trail Announces Pipeline Plans, Activists Begin Monthly Protests, by WCTV, 21 October 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/137034c464cba8c55a3c34aa83c076bf.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n&ldquo;Scientifically speaking, constructing a pipeline through an area\r\nthat has active karst topogrophy is insane. From the point of view\r\nof an individual who has an interest in sustainability, still\r\nbetting on fossil fuels, as much as the profits may be handy for\r\nsome, is not forward looking, we have better options, we have safer\r\noptions, we have cleaner options&rdquo;, says Dr. Michael Noll, a\r\nGeographer and President of Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2014\/10\/18\/sinkhole-formation-collapse-due-drilling-withlacoochee-river\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wwals.net\/wp-content\/themes\/pianoblack\/img\/\/2014\/08\/65d3b34716b11e3e4b0d503360d028c5.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nSee for example\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2014\/10\/18\/sinkhole-formation-collapse-due-drilling-withlacoochee-river\/\">\r\nSinkhole formation and collapse due to drilling under the Withlacoochee River<\/a>\r\nin\r\nHydrogeology Report: Sabal Trail methane pipeline crossing of Withlacoochee River by David Brown.\r\nSabal Trail proses to use horizontal directional drilling or HDD under these rivers, which already have springs, sinkholes, and caves in copious fracture systems.\r\nWhat happens if the drill bit encounters one or more of those? Potentially sinkhole formation, or collapse into an underground cavern.\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2014\/10\/22\/gwc-dd9-sabal-trail-pipeline-threatens-withlacoochee-river-floridan-aquifer\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wwals.net\/wp-content\/themes\/pianoblack\/img\/\/2014\/10\/9438e838ba6b6c3bd8a9f0ec04f19bee.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n Such a hydrofracture, or frac-out would form a hole from the surface\r\ninto the Floridan Aquifer, which is the source of all our drinking water.\r\n<p>\r\nSee also the WWALS Watershed Coalition item #9 in the Georgia Water Coalition\r\nDirty Dozen, pubilshed today,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/2014\/10\/22\/gwc-dd9-sabal-trail-pipeline-threatens-withlacoochee-river-floridan-aquifer\/\">\r\nSabal Trail pipeline threatens Withlacoochee River and Floridan Aquifer<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Going on a year after Sabal Trail opened an office in Valdosta, WCTV used the latest protests to do a retrospective. 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