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      Maury Johnson

      Despite Environmental Justice Pledge, Biden Disrespects People Like Me in Path of Fracked Gas Pipeline

      Secretary Granholm's letter cheerleading the Mountain Valley Pipeline came the day after she promised to meet with me, a landowner impacted by Senator Manchin's pet fossil fuel project.

      Maury Johnson
      Apr 26, 2023

      I am saddened by the depths that proponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) will go to advance a false narrative and spread inaccuracies. This time it is Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm who on Friday, April 21, 2023 wrote a cheerleader's letter rooting for the MVP, Joe Manchin's pet project. It is very ironic and even a bit disturbing that she wrote this letter one day after she appeared before the Senate Energy Committee and the very next day after she told me personally that she (or her staff) would meet with me in the next week or two.

      I am currently in Washington, D.C. where I attended the Senate Energy Committee meeting on Thursday, April 20. I spoke to the secretary at the conclusion of the hearing and asked her to meet with me. She indicated that a meeting could be arranged this week or next. But in what appears to be a hastily prepared letter—even possibly dictated by the fossil fuel lobby—she expressed her desire to exert political pressure on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other federal agencies. She apparently decided that she did not need to talk to those most affected by the project or even entertain an opposing viewpoint. Like many agencies, she did not talk with or listen to any affected landowner and totally continued to perpetrate the social, racial, and environmental injustice concerns that President Joe Biden had just a few hours before expressed that his administration would take seriously.

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      Regulators Launch Probe to 'Dig Deeper' Into Winter Storm Elliott Power Outages

      "This latest storm shows, yet again, that fossil fuels aren't especially reliable in extreme weather," noted one climate reporter. "Simply adding more gas or coal to the grid won't prevent blackouts from happening again in the future."

      Jessica Corbett
      Dec 28, 2022

      On the heels of yet another extreme weather event showcasing the inadequacy of the United States' fossil fuel-dependent energy system, U.S. and North American regulators on Wednesday announced an investigation into power outages during Winter Storm Elliott.

      The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and the latter's six regional entities "will open a joint inquiry into the operations of the bulk power system during the extreme winter weather conditions," the regulators revealed in a statement.

      More than 1.5 million homes and businesses across the United States lost power last week amid intense rain, snow, wind, and cold temperatures, according toReuters.

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      'Listen to Oregon': Merkley, Wyden Urge FERC to Deny Expansion of Gas Pipeline

      Both U.S. senators from the state say approval of the GTN Xpress project would be "incompatible with President Biden's pledge" to cut emissions.

      Jessica Corbett
      Dec 19, 2022

      U.S. Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden on Monday pressured federal regulators to reject a Canadian company's attempt to expand a fracked gas pipeline, citing President Joe Biden's climate promises, threats to Oregon's frontline communities, and efforts by their state to fight the planetary crisis.

      "Rather than helping Americans, GTN Xpress would be supporting a market for dirty fossil gas from a foreign country."

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