from Karen Feridun, Dec 2, 2019:

Five years ago, I started an email account on behalf of the communities coming together to fight the newly-proposed PennEast Pipeline and used the account to create a petition to express our opposition. What has happened since then has been truly remarkable. Huge numbers of concerned residents have organized, commented on the FERC docket (in record numbers), passed municipal resolutions, rallied, marched, attended hearings, written letters, and more and thanks to their efforts, the pipeline still isn’t built.

It’s also been five years since the Delaware River Basin Commission announced it would conduct its own review separate from the FERC review, something it’s able to do as a federal-level commission (the President is one of the five Commissioners). If FERC says yes, but DRBC says no, the pipeline doesn’t get built.

There is no shortage of expert testimony indicating a wide range of profoundly negative impacts the pipeline would create. And now that we’re staring climate change in the face, it’s more important than ever to stop building more shale gas infrastructure.

Five years after starting that first PennEast petition, I’ve started another to support the groups’ current campaign to tell the DRBC it’s time to reject the PennEast Pipeline and close the file. Please add your name!