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Thousands of Comments Shared with Governor Katie Hobbs Passionately Oppose Desert Southwest Gas Pipeline
On Friday, the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter shared with Gov. Katie Hobbs’s office about 2,000 comments that were submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week opposing the Desert Southwest Pipeline.
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The Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter delivered roughly 2,000 comments to Governor Katie Hobbs’s office that were originally filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opposing the Desert Southwest Pipeline. The pipeline, proposed to transport methane from the Permian Basin to power data centers across the Southwest, is criticized for threatening water resources and locking in climate‑warming gas for decades. Commenters from Arizona, Texas and New Mexico urged FERC to give greater weight to community and climate impacts, especially regarding data‑center energy use. The Sierra Club notes that Arizona is among the states with the highest number of planned new gas‑fired plants.
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