Date: 2008-03-21
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FERC's decision to approve this environmental atrocity is ill-conceived, illogical and illegal. FERC never met an energy project it didn't like. This decision epitomizes the administration's lawless love for Big Energy projects, no matter how dangerous or destructive.
(Media-Newswire.com) - "I will request a rehearing immediately -- and then mount an all-out court appeal if the FERC refuses to reverse, as we expect. I will fight this project at every agency and in every court up to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary.
"Next stop: the D.C. Court of Appeals. The battle has just begun.
"FERC's decision to approve this environmental atrocity is ill-conceived, illogical and illegal. FERC never met an energy project it didn't like. This decision epitomizes the administration's lawless love for Big Energy projects, no matter how dangerous or destructive.
"FERC's fatal legal failing is its refusal to consider alternatives to Broadwater that would provide more natural gas with less danger to public safety and environmental resources.
"New York is a final firewall that can kill this breathtakingly bad project -- effectively blocking federal approval -- because it violates New York state law and policy. I recently wrote New York Gov. David Paterson, urging him to drive a stake through this monster's heart. We will vigorously pursue the fight against the project there.
"Broadwater is an unneeded abomination that will damage Long Island Sound, endanger human safety, disrupt navigation and degrade the quality of life.
"FERC based its approval of Broadwater on a fatally flawed environmental impact study that ignored vital facts and information. It inexplicably ignored better, even bigger alternatives -- including Exxon's Blue Ocean LNG facility off New Jersey -- that avoid Broadwater's fatal pitfalls."