ACTION: Call Your Senators to Demand a Stronger Pipeline Safety Act Bill

The Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to vote on Sen. Ted Cruz’s bill to reauthorize the Pipeline Safety Act this Wednesday, Oct. 8. As it stands, the legislation offers little in the way of meaningful protections for communities impacted by carbon pipelines, so we must act now to demand the inclusion of commonsense safety measures.

CALL NOW to be connected with your U.S. Senators: 855-980-2396

TELL THEM: “I believe the Pipeline Safety Act bill should”:

• Require pipeline companies to disclose emergency response information — like the dispersion modeling that estimates how far a CO2 plume would travel in the case of a pipeline rupture — to first responders, oversight agencies, and the public and communities living nearby when projects are first proposed to pass through them.
• Require pipeline companies to fund local emergency response preparedness and all necessary equipment.
• Recognize the right of state and local governments to set zoning, routing, abandonment, and decommissioning requirements for carbon pipelines.

You can also take action (if you haven’t already) by signing or sharing our petition calling on Washington to stop the federal eminent domain pipeline land grab, or our letter calling on Congress to axe the 45Q tax credit that underpins this unproven technology altogether.

Thanks for taking action on pipeline safety. 

Emma Schmit, Organizing Director for Bold Alliance