About 40 people showed up at Sen. Toomey’s office on Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown this evening to protest Trump’s action on the Paris Accords on climate. We held signs, chanted, got wet in the rain, and listened to pep talks.
We also learned about Trump’s appointees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency that never met a pipeline it didn’t like. FERC has been unable to approve new pipelines because it lacks a quorum. Trump has now appointed two new members, subject to Senate approval.
One of the appointees was on the Pennsylvania PUC. In the past he has accused pipeline opponents of waging “jihad” against new gas pipelines. Really? Jihad? Like ISIS?
The other appointee was Mitch McConnell’s energy advisor. This one is a “flat earther" who denies that the climate is warming.
I have a feeling that if these guys are confirmed, and they will be because the Republicans control the Senate, the PennEast UGI pipeline will be approved.
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