Resources

Reports About Environmental Impacts:

• White Paper: Pipelines a Signficant Source of Harm, by Delaware Riverkeeper Network — an Overview of the Many Environmental Harms of Pipelines, by Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• Hazard Calculations for Sunoco’s Mariner East II (Middletown Coalition for Community Safety)
• The Effects of Converting Forest or Scrub Wetlands to Herbaceous Wetlands, by Delaware Riverkeeper Network — a Report on How Pipelines Adversely and Permanently Impact Wetlands
• Commentary on Risk Analysis for the Proposed Emera Brunswick Pipeline, by Richard Kuprewicz of Accufacts
• Proximity of Compressor Station Devalues Homes by as much as 50%, PR by Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy
• Fact Sheet: Pipelines & Earthquakes, by Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• EPA Region I, Comment to FERC re NED Pipeline — Strong on Alternatives, Greenhouse Gas Analysis, Cumulative Impacts and More
• NY DEC comment Regarding Constitutional Pipelines 7.25.2013
• EPA Region 3 Regarding COVEPOINT LNG Export Facility
• Comment on Economic Impacts of Finger Lakes LPG Storage, by Jannette Barth, Ph.D. Pepacton Institute
• Comment on CPV Valley LLC, Economics of Natural Gas, by Jannette Barth, Ph.D. Pepacton Institute
• Comments on Repowering Cayuga, Economics of Natural Gas, by Jannette Barth, Ph.D. Pepacton Institute
• Impacts of Shale Gas Development (Including Pipelines) on Bats Populations in the Northeastern United States, by Bat Conservation International for Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• The Potential Environmental Impact from Fracking in the Delaware River Basin, by CNA for Delaware Riverkeeper Network — Including a Discussion of the Big Footprint of Pipelines
• Achieving Higher Quality Restoration Along Pipeline Rights of Way, by Leslie Sauer for Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• Map of Pipelines Cutting Through Delaware River Watershed

Safety Analyses/Reports

• Are Old Pipelines Really More Dangerous, by Pipeline Safety Trust — discussion of how newer built pipelines as dangerous as those of the past
• Safety of Hydrogen Transportation by Gas Pipelines, by Accufacts Inc.

Economics:

• Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Economics Report (March 2017)
• Economic Costs of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (Feb 2016)
• Economic Costs of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (May 2016)
• Pipeline Impact to Property Value and Property Insurability
• Risks Associated with Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion in Appalachia

Tools to Help In the Pipeline Battles:

• Sentate Education and Ask Sheet — the tool you can use to convince your Senator or other elected officials to take a stand for Congressional hearings into FERC’s abuses of power and law.
• Sample Questions to Ask of Pipeline Companies Proposal New or Expanding Pipeline Projects for Your Community, by Berks Gas Truth, Pipeline Safety Coalition, NJ Sierra Club, Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• FAQs focused on Compressor Stations (sample for Millennium), by Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• Landowners Guide 2014, by Pipeline Safety Trust
• FERC Public Participation Process by Berks Gas Truth
• General Fact Sheet- How to Intervene with FERC by Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• FERC Guide For Interstate Gas Facility On Your Property by FERC
• Landowner Rights For Pipeline (written for Atlantic Sunrise Project), by Clean Air Council
• Sample Rescind/Deny Letter to Keep FERC Offer Your Property
• Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines: Process and Timing of FERC Permit Application Review, by Congressional Research Service
• Preparation for FERC Scoping Meetings, Berks Gas Truth, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Pipeline Safety Coalition
• Guidance on Commenting to FERC – in Writing and Verbally from Stop the (Constitution) Pipeline
• Landowner Intervenor Template, by FERC
• Pipeline Watch Protocol Forms, by Delaware Riverkeeper Network

Clean Energy – a Better and Accessible Path:

• Shining Rewards, The Value of Rooftop Solar Power for Society and Consumers, by Environment NJ
• Shining Cities, Harnessing the Benefits of Solar Energy in America, by Environment NJ
• Turning to the Wind, benefits of American wind power by Environment NJ

Policy Discussions:

• Pipelines – Another Front in the Shale Gas Drilling Battles, by Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• Natural Gas Drilling = Future Dependence, by Delaware Riverkeeper Network
• The Path to Paris, What is Means for NJ, by Environment NJ

Information Regarding Legislative or Policy Proposals:

• H.R. 1900, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (letter to Congress)
• HR1900 Supplemental Submission (Maya van Rosum, the Delaware Riverkeeper)
• HR1900 Verbal Testimony (Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper)
• VOICES Coalition Comment v1 On Pipeline Safety Information Collection Activities (6-24-2024)
• VOICES Coalition Comment v2 On Pipeline Safety Information Collection Activities (6-24-2024)
• DRN Comment to Environmental Protection Agency Regarding Reissuance of the Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit for Earth Disturbance Associated with Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Processing, or Treatment Operations or Transmission Facilities (7-29-2024)