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The Hazards
Once a pipeline is built, the unlucky landowners along its path
or beside a compressor station have no choice but to accept
living with the constant risk of accidents, leaks and explosions. Several recent pipeline failures have led to massive destruction and even loss of life.9 Making matters worse, heavy
construction equipment used to build pipelines compacts the
soil, and this can affect the ability of trees or crops to grow for
years.10 Even after construction is completed, risks remain. In
the United States, more than 11,000 pipeline incidents have
occurred from 1994 to 2014. The incidents have caused $6.5
billion in property damage.11
FERC Status
ET Rover: In November 2014 FERC announced its intent to
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Energy Transfers Rover pipeline, prompting a scoping period
to garner public comments to help FERC determine what
issues should be evaluated in the EIS.19 (An EIS is a document
required by federal law for certain actions deemed as significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.20)
Although that scoping period ended on December 18, 2014,
FERC continues to accept comments throughout the process.21
Conclusion
Approving the ET Rover and NEXUS pipelines and allowing eminent domain would benefit only the companies, not
the 791,000 people living in the Michigan counties along the
proposed paths28 and the nearly 3 million people living in the
potentially affected Ohio counties.29
It is imperative that FERC make decisions on behalf of the
publics interest and not that of pipeline corporations with
vested interests. Instead of proliferating the extraction,
transfer and export of shale gas, it is time for federal agencies to prioritize investing in clean energy solutions. Allowing
the build-out of sprawling pipeline infrastructure would lock
in decades more of U.S. dependence on dirty fossil fuels. The
United States should be weaning off fossil fuel consumption through policies that will lead us to a sustainable, clean
energy future. Allowing these pipelines locks in more fracking and more climate pollution and needlessly cuts a swath
across Ohio and southern Michigan. FERC should reject the
ET Rover and NEXUS pipeline proposals and spare the region
of the ill effects.
Take Action! In order to stop the NEXUS and ET Rover pipelines, we are going to have to organize our local communities
and pressure our local officials to take action to oppose new
pipeline projects. For more information on how you can take
action and work with other concerned citizens in your community, please contact either our Michigan or Ohio office:
Michigan: (313) 486-1356 or lkaucheck@fwwatch.org
Ohio: (513) 394-6257 or aauciello@fwwatch.org
Take action against the NEXUS pipeline here:
bit.ly/NOtoNEXUS.
Take action against the ET Rover pipeline here:
bit.ly/NOtoETRover.
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