Attorney; Environmental Advocate; President of Safe Energy Rights Group (SEnRG); Past Chair of Peekskill Housing Authority Board; Mom, Grandmom, & Cat Mom
Dec 3, 2019 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
A little extra background on this particular pipeline project:
It started in 2013 based on the lie that the Northeast needed more gas. It was called the Algonquin Incremental Markets project - a name that should have tipped off regulators that it was being illegally ‘segmented’
The segmentation was done to prevent a full environmental review of the planned project. That review would have required the inclusion of the #Weymouth compressor station. But the company vehemently denied that the gas was destined for Canadian LNG ports & export to Europe.
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Jul 6, 2019 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
One of the most important developments in our democratic system. This should be getting much more coverage. Agencies from FERC to the NRC exercising legislative power.
Supreme Court Is One Vote Away from Changing How the U.S. Is Governed | The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/our-colum…
Those agencies - and a new one proposed to make decisions on nuclear waste - are a way for Congress to avoid difficult decisions.
‘Delegation’ allows the industry insiders to write the rules without proper oversight. No roll-call votes required to approve new gas infrastructure.
