OH Grange Issues New Study, Supports NEXUS & Rover Pipelines
The people who are most affected by pipelines being built across their property are farmers--that's a fact. Farmers often have questions and concerns when a new pipeline project is proposed that will cross their land, rightfully so. They're cautious, they're careful, they have a vested interest in preserving their land. So it's big news that the Ohio State Grange, part of the nation's oldest national agricultural advocacy group, has endorsed both the Rover and NEXUS pipelines in the Buckeye State. Energy Transfer's Rover is a big, $4.2 billion, 711-mile new pipeline project from the Midwest Hub near Defiance, OH to Livingston County, MI, connecting with the Vector pipeline. Spectra Energy's NEXUS Gas Transmission pipeline project is a $2 billion pipeline that will carry Utica/Marcellus gas through OH, MI, and eventually connect to the Dawn Energy Hub in Canada. The Grange's support of these two projects is a big deal. As part of their announcement, the Ohio Grange released a new report titled, "Natural Gas Pipeline Infrastructure and Its Impact on Michigan and Ohio Agriculture" (full copy below) which finds, among other things, that there is no SAFER way to transport natural gas than by underground pipeline...
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