{"id":14500,"date":"2015-09-30T14:48:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=14500"},"modified":"2015-10-04T18:23:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T22:23:30","slug":"a-farce-a-hoax-and-wrong-citizens-about-sabal-to-ferc-in-moultrie-2015-09-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/a-farce-a-hoax-and-wrong-citizens-about-sabal-to-ferc-in-moultrie-2015-09-29.html","title":{"rendered":"A farce, a hoax, and wrong: citizens about Sabal to FERC in Moultrie 2015-09-29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/o0d63Z7vckU\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"#You-tell-us-you-re-sorry-and-it-happens-again\">&ldquo;You tell us you&#8217;re sorry and it happens again&rdquo;<\/a>, said Alton Burns of Coolidge about pipeline leaks, fires, and explosions,\r\nsetting the tone for the whole evening, which ended with local landowners\r\ncalling the whole process\r\n<a href=\"#It-s-a-farce-environmental-assessors-didn-t-even-look\">\r\na farce<\/a>\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"#These-reports-are-a-hoax\">\r\na hoax<\/a>.\r\nAs attorney Jonathan Waters said,\r\n<a href=\"#South-Georgia-is-a-home\">\r\nSouth Georgia is a home, not a pipeline easement.<\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nThe FERC meetings started <a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/2015\/10\/03\/videos-citizens-against-sabal-sinkhole-trail-pipeline-to-ferc-in-albany-moultrie-valdosta-and-lake-city\/\">the previous evening in Albany<\/a> and continue at 5:30 PM each night at:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\nWednesday, September 30, at Holiday Inn Valdosta, Conference Center Magnolia Ballroom, 1805 West Hill Ave., Valdosta, GA 31601. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/sabal-trail-bad-for-vsu-rivers-animals-landowners-and-community-to-ferc-in-valdosta-2015-09-30.html\">LAKE videos from Valdosta<\/a>.\r\n<li>\r\nThursday, October 1, at Columbia High School Auditorium, 469 SE Fighting Tiger Drive, Lake City, FL 32025 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/insanity-sabal-trail-pipeline-in-karst-sinkhole-floridan-aquifer-ferc-lake-city-2015-10-01.html\">LAKE videos from Lake City<\/a>.\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nThere are\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwals.net\/issues\/stt\/\">\r\nmany more things you can do to stop Sabal Trail<\/a>.\r\nRemember, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.\r\n<p>\r\nHere are links to the LAKE videos from last night in Moultrie, followed\r\nby a video playlist.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Introduction\" href=\"#Introduction\">\r\nIntroduction &#8211;John Peconom<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k8k9lmpD914&#038;index=1&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"You-tell-us-you-re-sorry-and-it-happens-again\" href=\"#You-tell-us-you-re-sorry-and-it-happens-again\">\r\nYou tell us you&#8217;re sorry and it happens again &#8211;Alton Burns, SpectraBusters<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o0d63Z7vckU&#038;index=2&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Sinkholes-and-contaminates-spread-far-from-pipeline\" href=\"#Sinkholes-and-contaminates-spread-far-from-pipeline\">\r\nSinkholes and contaminates spread far from pipeline &#8211;John S. Quarterman, WWALS<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zscCrFQPtIc&#038;index=3&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"#Sinkholes-and-contaminates-spread-far-from-pipeline\">\r\nContaminants spread far from the pipeline<\/a>, added John S. Quarterman,\r\npresident of WWALS Watershed Coalition, the Waterkeeper Affiliate for\r\nMoultrie&#8217;s Okapilco Creek, the Withlacoochee River, and the upper Suwannee River,\r\nall of which Sabal Trail proposes to cross, aided and abetted by FERC.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Sinkhole-Pipeline-still-not-necessary\" href=\"#Sinkhole-Pipeline-still-not-necessary\">\r\nSinkhole Pipeline still not necessary &#8211;Mark Woodall, GA Sierra Club<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y2nYxmHW_PY&#038;index=4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y2nYxmHW_PY\/mqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y2nYxmHW_PY&#038;index=4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\nMark Woodall, Vice-Chair, Georgia Sierra Club, representing\r\nmillions of members nationwide,\r\nsaid\r\n<a href=\"#Sinkhole-Pipeline-still-not-necessary\">\r\nthe Sinkhole Pipeline is still unnecessary<\/a>,\r\nhe passed thousands of acres of solar panels going in while driving\r\nto Moultrie which Florida could do just as well.\r\nHe&#8217;s discovered Mergent, the environmental contractor for FERC on this DEIS,\r\nappears to be being paid by Transco, one of the three companies in this\r\npipeline project, which would be a conflict of interest.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Sabal-Trail-operates-under-darkness-of-misinformation\" href=\"#Sabal-Trail-operates-under-darkness-of-misinformation\">\r\nSabal Trail operates under darkness of misinformation &#8211;Daniel Dunn, Atty<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T0jKQeKSv7Q&#038;index=5&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Sabal-Trail-w-in-60-of-well-on-award-winning-family-farm\" href=\"#Sabal-Trail-w-in-60-of-well-on-award-winning-family-farm\">\r\nSabal Trail w\/in 60&#8242; of well on award-winning family farm &#8211;Sandra Jones<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eDkOPkNKt8k&#038;index=6&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Sabal-Trail-reneged-on-min-top-coverage-retaliated\" href=\"#Sabal-Trail-reneged-on-min-top-coverage-retaliated\">\r\nSabal Trail reneged on min. top coverage; retaliated &#8211;Gregory Yarborough<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3HLQdi5oIMI&#038;index=7&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Calling-Jonathan-Waters-to-speak\" href=\"#Calling-Jonathan-Waters-to-speak\">\r\nCalling Jonathan Waters to speak<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=om_2E4BvRm0&#038;index=8&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"South-Georgia-is-a-home\" href=\"#South-Georgia-is-a-home\">\r\nSouth Georgia is a home, not a pipeline easement &#8211;Jonathan Waters, Atty<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ctzod1hi3Po&#038;index=9&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Any-new-speakers\" href=\"#Any-new-speakers\">\r\nAny new speakers? &#8211;John Peconom<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lNUcH90FhWg&#038;index=10&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Trees-better-than-pipeline\" href=\"#Trees-better-than-pipeline\">\r\nTrees better than pipeline &#8211;Hamilton Isaacs<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qibv8Av3Wpg&#038;index=11&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Don-t-FERC-Gopher-tortoises\" href=\"#Don-t-FERC-Gopher-tortoises\">\r\nDon&#8217;t FERC Gopher tortoises, a keynote species, or property values &#8211;Jonathan Waters, Atty<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U-GB_oExSyE&#038;index=12&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Water-is-our-most-precious-commodity\" href=\"#Water-is-our-most-precious-commodity\">\r\nWater is our most precious commodity, not pipelines &#8211;Alton Burns<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b5beBPbYKqY&#038;index=13&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"feet-top-cover-probably-not-even-enough-EPA-abt-karst\" href=\"#feet-top-cover-probably-not-even-enough-EPA-abt-karst\">\r\n5. feet top cover probably not even enough; EPA abt karst &#8211;Greg Yarborough<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4MNjQoR0Ps8&#038;index=14&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"DEIS-is-a-draft\" href=\"#DEIS-is-a-draft\">\r\nDEIS is a draft, not a decision; Commission will decide &#8211;John Peconom<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7xQXBDQjODE&#038;index=15&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"FERC-is-fully-funded-by-industries-it-regulates\" href=\"#FERC-is-fully-funded-by-industries-it-regulates\">\r\nFERC is fully funded by industries it &#8220;regulates&#8221; &#8211;John S. Quarterman<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bH5FhVwIgK8&#038;index=16&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"It-s-a-farce-environmental-assessors-didn-t-even-look\" href=\"#It-s-a-farce-environmental-assessors-didn-t-even-look\">\r\nIt&#8217;s a farce: environmental assessors didn&#8217;t even look &#8211;James Bell<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sExsNFmAwjQ&#038;index=17&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"These-reports-are-a-hoax\" href=\"#These-reports-are-a-hoax\">\r\nThese reports are a hoax, because surveyors not qualified &#8211;Sandra Jones<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nvSyJzimV6Y&#038;index=18&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\">Video.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiElzB__zscoT8Gb2RchqITg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&ldquo;You tell us you&#8217;re sorry and it happens again&rdquo;, said Alton Burns of Coolidge about pipeline leaks, fires, and explosions, setting the tone for the whole evening, which ended with local landowners calling the whole process a farce and a hoax. 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