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In order for renewable energy projects to gain traction on a larger scale in the United States, significant investments need to go into building the required underlying infrastructure, including a green sustainable grid across the country.
Eminent domain, the government’s right to expropriate private property for public use with just compensation, has historically been the go-to tool for the fossil fuel industry to build and expand its vast network of pipelines by obtaining the parcels of land needed to build the pipeline. Eminent domain is a controversial concept and has been a popular target for environmentalists looking to slow the expansion of the fossil fuel pipelines. Recent examples include the PennEast Pipeline, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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12 May, 2021 Author Tom DiChristopher The shutdown of the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline Co. system following a cyberattack has revived calls for federal regulation of pipeline operators and reform at federal agencies.
As of May 11, Colonial was returning portions of the critical artery for East Coast gasoline and refined fuel supply to service. While government officials and industry analysts did not anticipate widespread supply disruptions, the high-profile event caused filling station shortages in the Southeast and raised concerns about the prospect of future pipeline shutdowns at a time of rising cyberattacks.
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on May 11 asked Americans to avoid hoarding gasoline and urged them to report price gouging.
FLASHBACK: Biden Promised Voter No New Pipelines
Biden admin now facing fuel shortage crisis after pipeline cyberattack
Collin Anderson • May 12, 2021 2:30 pm
President Joe Biden, now faced with a crisis of gas shortages across large swaths of the East Coast, promised voters there would be no new pipelines if he was elected. So like what about, say, stopping fracking and stopping new pipeline infrastructure? an audience member asked Biden following a January 2020 campaign event in New Hampshire. Yeah. Yes. New pipelines. Exactly. None, Biden responded.
The Democrat is now facing a fuel shortage crisis and rising gas prices after a cyberattack shut down the United States largest pipeline. Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday cast doubt on the administration s ability to send gas into the affected areas via train, noting that pipelines are the best way to transport fuel.
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It has long been recognized that minority and disadvantaged communities are subject to higher levels of pollution than more affluent non-minority areas. This fact is the basis of the need for Environmental Justice to ensure that the past disparate impacts to these areas are addressed and not further exacerbated.
With Executive Order 14008, the Biden administration adopted measures to further Environmental Justice nationwide. This included updating the Clinton era Executive Order 12988 (February 11, 1994), enhancing the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council, creating a White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, and directing federal agencies to undertake specific EJ initiatives.