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`Kristen Sartor
`James Danly; Mark C. Christie; Allison Clements
`OEA Customer; OPP; Lisbeth Bouchelle; OEA Customer; Hotline Enforcement; FOIA-CEII; Robert Thormeyer;
`Kathryn Allen; FERC Online Support
`Deny the pipeline expansion
`Tuesday, October 17, 2023 3:04:05 PM
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`Hi!
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`I'm really concerned about the potential pipeline expansion. We're in an unprecedented
`time of wildfires, floods, heat waves, hurricanes, drought, climate catastrophe. The last
`thing we need is another pipeline expansion. Think of your grandchildren- they and their
`children will be picking up the pieces of this. They deserve a livable future.
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`I’m writing to urge FERC commissioners to deny TC Energy the permits needed to build
`the GTN Xpress methane gas pipeline expansion. If the expansion is built it would add
`more than 3.47 million metric tons of greenhouse gasses emissions per year. This is the
`equivalent pollution of adding 754,000 passenger vehicles a year on the road each year
`until 2052.
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`This expansion would accelerate climate change and harm public health in communities
`across the pipeline route. We ask that FERC make good on its commitments to
`developing robust environmental justice and greenhouse gas emission standards. As
`climate events
`like extreme wildfires, droughts, and flooding plague the Pacific Northwest, our
`communities
`must transition off fossil fuels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
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`This project is inconsistent with Washington’s and Oregon’s laws that require
`decreasing climate emissions by 95% and 80%, respectively, by 2050. GTN XPress
`would raise state emissions making these targets even harder to reach. In a
`collaborative motion, the Attorney Generals of Washington, Oregon, and California are
`calling on FERC to issue a denial.
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`The GTN XPress benefits fossil fuel corporations while burdening utility ratepayers.
`Continued
`investment in fossil fuel infrastructure is expensive and at odds with the declining costs
`of
`renewable energy.
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`Thank you,
`Kristen Sartor, 97212
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