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22 July 2011, 12:48 PM
More than 20,000 messages on PA pipeline catch EPA attention

If—as an Earthjustice supporter and activist—you ever wondered whether your letters and emails to government officials had an impact, we've got news that should give you heart.

Reporters are writing about the 22,093 messages sent by supporters like you, demanding a thorough environmental review of a proposed 39-mile natural gas pipeline that threatens prime forest lands and streams in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. And, politicians are standing with you.

Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are pressing pipeline regulators to conduct a thorough environmental review of the project—and citing the number of messages you sent as the reason.

And the pipeline company is definitely paying attention. The company combed through the messages trying to find flaws, belittling your efforts in a nasty note to pipeline regulators. We take it as a clear sign that they’re very scared of you.

So, congratulations. It’s not every day that the powers-that-be recognize the power of the people.

There is no good news on the PA pipeline or fracking. I have been to a number of meetings held by local politicians and the word from them is that there is no danger, more jobs, full speed ahead. Organizations like EarthJustice are being painted by them as wacko with nothing to substantiate disaster claims. Most local people do not understand what is involved in fracking nor do they want to understand.

Got it! Thanks a lot again for hleping me out!

Here's the crazy thing - there are energy barons that want to push into the renewables field but their colleagues continually drown them out and belittle them and crush their businesses. There are corporations that want that land to remain pristine if only because they make fat cash selling hotdogs and stuff to gawkers, but the Chamber of Commerce drowns them out.

They're not all evil or entirely evil, but their efforts are being banished to the memory hole and the media hole alike.

Pipeliners need to be stopped since they disregard the environment in favor of profit. They need to start funding alternative energy sources. It will be good for their bottom line and good for the country. We need innovation, not environmental destruction.

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