Newsletter: Time Is Running out to Submit PennEast Opposition Letters

A look at the latest news, facts and figures on fossil fuels, pipelines, renewable energy, energy efficiency and progress on stopping the PennEast pipeline. 

In the News

Act Before September 12 to Stop PennEast!

Submit a letter opposing PennEast. Click here for details on how you can help fight this dangerous, unneeded pipeline.

PennEast Pipeline Faces Opponents at Public Hearings

By Energy Global

Several hundred citizens, affected homeowners, and elected officials came out to oppose the proposed PennEast pipeline at six ‘public meetings’ hosted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The public attended in order to submit comments on a critically important report about the environmental impacts of the proposed PennEast pipeline, only to find that FERC officials would not be listening. Read more.

PennEast Opponents to FERC: We Don’t Intend to Let You Ignore Us 

By WFMZ

Opponents of the PennEast pipeline sent a strong message to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at its public hearing in Clinton on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the PennEast Pipeline by refusing to comply with a ‘public participation’ process that cut out both the public and the ability to meaningfully participate. Read more.

In Other Pipeline News

• LISTEN: Campaign Director Tom Gilbert on 101.5 Radio
• Burlington County Times: Public Hearing on Compressor Station Postponed Due to Large Crowd 
• NJ.com: NJ Town Holds Meeting on Proposed $1 Billion Pipeline 
• TapInto.net: FERC Response Falls Short of Residents Gas Compressor Concerns 
• Energy Global: Business Owners and Citizens Unite Against PennEast Pipeline
• Burlington County Times: Editorial: Efficient? Yes. Democratic? No.
• Allentown Morning Call: Gas Pipelines Increase Fossil Fuel Dependence
• Huffington Post: The Truth About Pipeline Companies and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Communities, Senators and Members of Congress Speak Out
• Courier News: Commentary: PennEast Pipeline Cannot Be Justified
• Asbury Park Press: Activists Critical of Federal Hearing on PennEast Pipeline 
• NJ Spotlight: Critics of PennEast Get Chance to Speak Out – Behind a Black Curtain

Renewables

New Analysis Finds Energy Efficiency Is the 3rd Largest Resource in the US Electric Power Sector

By American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

Energy efficiency could become our number-one resource by 2030. Read more

In Other Renewable Energy News

• NJ Spotlight: The Squandered Promise of Offshore Wind in New Jersey
• New York Times: America’s First Offshore Wind Farm May Power Up a New Industry 

By the Numbers

• 18
  Remaining days in the FERC PennEast public comment period, the most critical time to oppose this dangerous pipeline. Find helpful resources on drafting your comment here.
  

• 250
  Bodies of water that would be crossed by PennEast pipeline in NJ and PA if the project is approved. Source: NJ Spotlight
  

• 313
  Number of power plants that were not built since 1990 thanks to energy efficiency efforts. Source: ACEEE
  
  
  

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