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      The Pacific Northwest Doesn’t Need This Climate-Warming Pipeline Expansion

      350 Seattle and the Stop GTN Xpress Coalition urge Washington Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray to heed the warning of the International Energy Agency and oppose the GTN Xpress.

      Selden Prentice
      Jun 20, 2023

      When I heard about the ongoing fires in eastern Canada, and the accompanying smoke that covered much of the U.S. East Coast, I was reminded of the Bob Dylan refrain from “Blowin’ in the Wind,” yet with different words: How many fires will it take ’til we know, that it’s past time to stop burning fossil fuels? Do we need the entire country to be covered in smoke before we take all necessary steps to turn the climate crisis around?

      While President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act was a step in the right direction, the International Energy Administration (IEA) has been clear: “If governments are serious about the climate crisis, there can be no new investments in oil, gas, and coal.” Yet TC Energy, the company behind the Keystone Pipeline, seeks approval for a new gas project in the Pacific Northwest called the GTN Xpress. The project would increase the amount of gas coming into the region by expanding an existing pipeline.

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      Cantwell Delay of FCC Confirmation Called 'Gift to AT&T'

      "With Sen. Cantwell caving to unreasonable demands from opponents to Sohn, we're going to see a hearing full of political posturing that serves no one except industry players eager to draw out the calendar and keep the FCC deadlocked," said one advocate.

      Julia Conley
      Feb 09, 2022

      The Senate Commerce Committee's ongoing delay in confirming President Joe Biden's nominee to fill the empty seat on the deadlocked Federal Communications Commission is being criticized as a "gift" to powerful tech companies.

      Gigi Sohn, co-founder of advocacy group Public Knowledge and longtime net neutrality defender already had a confirmation hearing in December, but Biden renominated her after the committee, chaired by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), failed to bring her nomination to the Senate floor for a vote.

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