Cove Point

We Are Cove Point Takes On Dominion Resources

December 4, 2014 Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Cove Point, Fracking

Overall, We Are Cove Point members see the four days as a huge success. We are impressed that there is so much community concern about the facility and support for the residents and allies who are fighting it. We are confident that we can expose the lies that were told by Dominion to secure permits and the public dangers and environmental impacts that were ignored by public officials. We can build a movement to stop this project! In fact projects like the one in Cove Point have been stopped before, including very recently in Maryland. After a seven year battle over the public safety and environmental impacts waged by residents who were eventually joined by legislators and public officials, the Sparrow’s Point LNG terminal was stopped in 2013.

Breaking: 7 Cove Point Protectors Arrested By Dominion

December 1, 2014 Richelle Brown, Tracey Eno and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Climage Change, Cove Point, Fracking, health

Early this morning, residents of Lusby and their allies picketed in front of the construction site for a temporary pier that will be used to bring large pieces of equipment in to build a refinery and liquefied fracked gas export terminal across the street from the community of Cove Point. They chanted “Hey Hey Ho Ho, Dominion has got to go” and “Save our community, No gas in Lusby.” They held long banners and discs painted with local marine and wildlife. Many passing commuters gave the thumbs up and honked their horns when they saw the rally. One father who was taking his daughter to school stopped and joined the rally.

Next week: Direct Actions to Save Cove Point

November 26, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Blockades, Cove Point, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Gas

The next two weeks are critical in the struggle to stop construction of a liquefied fracked-gas export terminal in Cove Point, MD that threatens nearby homes, the Chesapeake Bay and the climate crisis. We need you to join the emergency mobilization! Join the community in saving their homes and preventing a huge threat to the climate crisis. Overnight accommodations in a church will be available for those who need it. The FERC issued a permit this year for the construction of a 160 foot pier to bring in large pieces of equipment for the gas export terminal, but they must finish it by December 16 or they will have to wait until late March to begin construction again. A delay in construction is critical because this project's permit is being challenged for failure to conduct an environmental impact study and a quantitative risk assessment. This is the first gas export terminal being built in a residential area, which sets a dangerous precedent.

Cove Point Resident Arrested Delivering ‘People’s Eviction Notice’

November 14, 2014 John Zangas, www.cetology.org Resist! Cove Point, Energy, Environment, Protests

A Cove Point resident was arrested at dawn on Monday, November 10 while trying to deliver a “people’s eviction notice” at Dominion Resources’ construction site at Solomons, Maryland. The construction is connected to Cove Point, a $3.8 billion Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) terminal. It was thethird protest at the site in 10 days. As about fifty fellow protestors picketed in front of the site, Leslie Garcia carried a giant eviction notice across a line of pylons placed by police. “Everything is at stake. I have everything to lose. That’s why I’m protesting. We all have everything to lose,” she said. Garcia has lived 34 years in her home just three houses down from the Cove Point lighthouse, a mile past Dominion’s gated facility. She fears an explosion would leave her and her neighbors no way to evacuate safely. That’s because the only way out of their neighborhood is right past the refinery.

100+ Arrested At Beyond Extreme Energy’s Week-Long Protests At FERC

November 8, 2014 Anastasia Pantsios, www.ecowatch.com Resist! Civil Disobedience, Cove Point, Energy, Environment, FERC

As the participants in the Great March for Climate Action ended up in Washington, DC, on Nov. 1 after a six-month trek across the country, they joined with other environmental groups to launch a week of action under the banner Beyond Extreme Energy. The actions revolved around a series of blockades at the DC headquarters of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with more than 100 people arrested. Nonviolent direct actions began on Monday with 25 protestors arrested outside FERC’s office while blockading the entrance with a giant sign depicting families impacted by frackinginfrastructure greenlighted by FERC. Today was the final day of the actions intended to call attention to FERC’s approval of projects that endanger communities and drive climate change, and demand a more inclusive and open hearing process.

Dominion Pier Project Target Of Election Day Protest

November 6, 2014 John Tayman, www.thebaynet.com Resist! Cove Point, Energy, Environment

Protesters descended on Solomons on Election Day to voice their concerns over Dominion’s Cove Point liquefaction project. About 2 dozen protesters arrived by bus to march in front of construction equipment and occupy the sidewalk in front of Calvert Marine Museum for a few hours. Dominion is constructing a temporary pier for offloading large equipment destined for the liquefaction plant a few miles up the road in Cove Point. The protest centered at the entrance of the site, where a backhoe was busy burying cable lines and dump trucks steadily moved in and out of the property. Overall it was a very civil disturbance, highlighted by the arrest of several protesters who scaled the large mound of dirt that is being piled up on the site. As they crested the hill, the demonstrators cheered and yelled slogans. The protesters on the hill displayed a banner protesting the construction of the site.

Gas Export Foes Arrested at Cove Point Construction Site

November 5, 2014 Anne Meador, www.cetology.org Resist! Blockade, BXE, Cove Point, Fracking

Nine activists wearing blue jumpsuits and yellow hardhats scaled a massive dirt mound at the site. Three protestors were stopped by sheriff’s deputies, but six reached the summit and held a banner aloft saying, “WE > Dominion Profits”. They sat down as they were approached by law enforcement officers, who then cuffed them. The officers led some down the dirt hill but carried others. The nine protestors were charged with trespassing and failure to obey. The two photographers were charged with trespassing. All were held in jail overnight. “I see the huge risks that [Cove Point] poses,” said Dr. Margaret Flowers, a protestor who climbed the hill. “The risks to the surrounding community are huge, and that alone is a reason to stop it.”

Protesters Stop Work At Cove Point Construction Site

November 5, 2014 Right Now I/O, www.rightnow.io Resist! Cove Point, Energy, Environment

As part of the week long BXE (Beyond Extreme Energy) protest at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a protest was held at a construction site that is part of the Cove Point Fracked Gas Export Terminal. Cove Point is the KXL of fracking. Cove Point will open up the export of gas which is necessary for increasing profits from fracking out of the Marcellus Shale. This construction is at occurring at a time when scientific reports say the world should stop building carbon fuel infrastructure because humans need to shift to clean, sustainable energy. Even the police knew that protesters were coming and that some would be risking arrest, and there were a lot of overt and covert police throughout the construction area.

FERC Blockaded, DNC Protested Before Mid-Term Elections

November 3, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Blockade, Climate Change, Cove Point, Energy, Environment, FERC, Fracking

A total of 47 people were arrested today protesting fracking projects approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). This was the first day of the Beyond Extreme Energy week of protests at FERC. The protests seek to to shut down FERC throughout the week. On Monday, 25 people were arrested at FERC, 7 were arrested at a construction site for the Cove Point fracked gas export facility in Maryland and 15 were arrested at the Senaca Lake storage facility in New York. At FERC more than 100 protesters blockaded three entrances to FERC, including the entrance to the garage. They used a variety of forms of blockades and creative resistance artwork. Artwork included images of families adversely impacted by fracking as well as a town. BXE wantd to show that FERC is destroying families and communities and needs to be shut down. Police from Homeland Security destroyed the town and pulled down the images as part of its effort to protect FERC. In the afternoon the BXE protesters march to the Democratic National Committee to make a point, on the day before Election Day, that the Democrats are losing the vote of people concerned about climate because the policies they are putting forward continue to make climate change work.

Popular Resistance Newsletter: Internet Emergency

November 1, 2014 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Blockade, Climate Change, Cove Point, Extreme Energy, Ferguson, Fracking, Gas, Internet, Net Neutrality, Oil, Pipelines, Police abuse, police brutality, Snowden, Tar Sands

The FCC meeting on December 11 is likely to be the day they announce new rules for the Internet. We’ve made a lot of progress in ensuring net neutrality but are not there yet. We need you to act now. Take two steps: Take a photo of yourself holding a sign that says #RealNetNeutrality, #ReclassifyTheInternet. You can add another slogan if you like, e.g. Save the Internet, Equal Access for All, My Voice Matters. Then upload a photo to the campaign page: My Voice Matters that will show a broad national consensus for no compromise on net neutrality. Sign up to join us in taking action this Thursday evening. We are urging people to take a very simple action to save the Internet. Organize an event in your community, at your college quad, a local Comcast or Verizon – or wherever works for you. The event should be in the evening so you can hold your cell phone lit up to symbolize the Internet. And, hold a sign like the one we describe in the first action. Sign up your event on our map. Do this now so we quickly show momentum and build the day of action; and people can learn about your event and join you.

Beyond Extreme Energy Week Of Action In DC

October 31, 2014 Ted Glick, www.chesapeakeclimate.org Resist! Cove Point, Energy, Environment

Starting November 1st, hundreds of people are planning to take part in a very full week of climate action in Washington, D.C., focused on FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The week will also draw connections to other very problematic institutions as far as the global warming crisis. Over 50 organizations have endorsed this week of action, many of them local groups fighting fracking, fracking infrastructure and proposed fracked-gas export terminals. On Friday, November 7th, the last day of the week, dozens of fracktivists from the fracking-ravaged state of Pennsylvania are traveling to DC to anchor that morning’s action at FERC.

Legal Challenge Filed Against Fracked Gas Terminal

October 17, 2014 Earth Justice, www.earthjustice.org Resist! Cove Point, Energy, Environment, Protest

Washington, D.C. — Environmental and community groups took the first step late yesterday in a likely legal battle against a controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility. On behalf of Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Sierra Club, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Patuxent Riverkeeper, and Potomac Riverkeeper the environmental law organization Earthjustice filed a motion for rehearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), demanding the agency withdraw its approval of an LNG export facility proposed at Cove Point in southern Maryland. The filing positions the groups to sue the agency to challenge FERC’s inadequate environmental review of the project. Groups also filed a motion for a stay, urging FERC to halt further construction on the $3.8 billion project.

Cove Point Residents Speak Of Dangers From Proposed LNG Plant

October 9, 2014 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Cove Point, Energy, Environment, Human Rights

Advocates and residents of Cove Point denounced energy giant Dominion’s plans to build a liquid natural gas (LNG) plant near their homes during a press conference Friday. They spoke from the front lawn of Dominion Cove Point’s nearest neighbor, Rachel Heinhorst.IMG_0595-1.JPG “I am holding on to hope…there will be a realization of the careless decision to let this happen here so close to my family,” said Heinhorst, a mother of three who has lived near Cove Point for 8 years. Their denouncemets of Dominion’s plan were in clear view of its front gate as trucks pulled in and out of the busy facility while front gate security officers stood watch.

Groups Vow To Fight Federal Approval Of Cove Point

October 8, 2014 John Zangas, www.facebook.com Organize! Climate Change, Cove Point, Energy, Environment, Natural Gas

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved energy giant Dominion Resources’ application to build the controversial Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) plant and associated projects in Lusby, Maryland. Environmental and community groups who condemn the decision will protest at FERC headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at the Cove Point facility this Friday at 10am. Advocates for green energy expressed “deep disappointment” and say they’ll appeal the decision. They have 30 days to file an appeal with FERC to deny approval of the $3.8 billion project. Dominion’s plan to build the LNG plant at Cove Point sets it in close proximity to the estimated 24,000 residents of Lusby, raising safety concerns of residents and advocacy groups. Over 600 homes and 2,400 residents are located within a mile of the plant. Residents are concerned because they are pinned between a two lane road which borders the plant for ¾ mile, and the Chesapeake Bay, the only exit from Cove Point area. Residents, fear for their safety because they say that if there is a gas release, explosion, or fire, their only recourse would be to evacuate along the road next to the proposed LNG facility.

Cove Point Opponents Find FERC & Elected Official Guilty

October 5, 2014 Staff, www.chesapeakeclimate.org Resist! Cove Point, Extreme Energy, Fracking, Gas

In ‘People’s Court’ at FERC headquarters, activists ‘convict’ regulators and leaders—from Pres. Obama to Chairman LaFleur to Gov. O’Malley—for selling out people’s safety and the climate Calvert citizens rally at the home closest to Dominion’s facility, declaring, ‘We have nothing to lose because we have everything to lose’. Vowing to continue the fight to block a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility at Cove Point in southern Maryland, activists held tandem demonstrations on Friday outside the headquarters of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and at a home directly across the street from Dominion Resources’ proposed facility in Lusby. The actions came in response to FERC’s ruling earlier this week to grant Virginia-based Dominion approval to build the $3.8 billion project. Environmental groups are preparing to petition FERC to reconsider this ruling, given the agency failed to conduct a full environmental impact statement or to fully consider the environmental damage that would come from increased fracking or global warming pollution.

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