Energy

Moms Fighting Against The Fracked-Gas Industry

January 17, 2015 Fearless Summer, www.facebook.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Fracking

13 mothers and grandmothers are risking arrest as part of the ongoing nonviolent blockade of a fracked-gas storage facility at Seneca Lake in New York. Crestwood Midstream, a Houston based energy firm, is trying to store billions of cubic feet of fracked-gas in salt caverns underneath the lake. But to date 180 people have been arrested for blocking the entrance to Crestwood's facility. By fighting back against this storage facility, these moms are fighting to make sure that those in power make energy choices that protect our children's future. Learn more about this campaign here: http://www.wearesenecalake.com/

Obama Moves Too Slowly To Curtail Methane

January 16, 2015 Neela Banerjee, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Law

The Obama administration on January 14 rolled out its long-awaited plan to control the oil and gas industry's emissions of methane, saying it would cut leaks of the potent global-warming pollutant nearly in half in the coming decade. The White House called its approach a crucial step to achieving the ambitious greenhouse-gas emissions targets President Obama announced last November in Beijing, but some environmental advocates said the plan, which relies heavily on voluntary efforts, failed to go far enough. The methane plan calls for the Environmental Protection Agency to propose methane reductions at new oil and gas sites by summer 2015 and issue a final rule next year. The goal is to cut the industry's emissions 40 to 45 percent below the 2012 level by the year 2025.

Higher Social Costs Bolster Case For Emissions Curbs

January 15, 2015 Tim Radford, www.truthdig.com Educate! Carbon Dioxide, Energy, Environment

Concerted action on climate change is looking like a bargain after research findings that the notional cost to society of global warming damage caused by carbon dioxide emissions has been seriously underestimated. The US Environmental Protection Agency calculates the “social cost of carbon” at $37 per tonne—a figure used to guide current energy regulations and possible future mitigation policies. But two US researchers now put the cost for CO2 emitted in 2015 about six times higher—at $220 a tonne. They report in Nature Climate Change that damage from climate change could directly affect economic growth rates, and will go on doing so, because each “temperature shock” could have a persistent effect that would permanently lower gross domestic product—the wealth indicator used by all economists—from what it would be if the world wasn’t warming.

Insurgents On The Front Line Of America’s Fracking War

January 15, 2015 Peter Rugh, www.vice.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Fracking

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made headlines at the end of last year when he announced a ban on hydraulic fracking in his state. That was unquestionably a victory for environmentalists, but in neighboring Pennsylvania, however, fracking is still underway. This summer, I visited the northeastern region of the Keystone State to see what the the front lines of America's shale gas boom looks like. Far off the radar of Google Maps, I found Craig Stevens mowing the front lawn on his 115-acre property in Susquehanna County. Craig, a former National Rifle Association recruiter, hasn't had a drink from his faucet in about a year and a half, and for good reason.

Erie To Revisit Yearlong Fracking Moratorium

January 15, 2015 Alex Burness, www.coloradohometownweekly.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Oil & Gas

If Erie is going to suspend fracking operations in town, that decision will have to wait at least two weeks. On Tuesday night, the town's Board of Trustees spent hours debating whether to enact a yearlong moratorium on oil and gas operations, but ultimately voted to put that decision off for two weeks. On Jan. 27, the board will revisit the possibility. Oil and gas companies Encana and Anadarko have promised to hold off on seeking any new drilling permits from Erie between now and then. In the meantime, town leaders say they hope to bring together all key stakeholders in the matter. That meeting could take place as soon as Wednesday, though a date was not set as of late Tuesday night.

Is The Climate Movement At A Tipping Point?

January 14, 2015 Ted Glick, www.ecowatch.com Organize! Climate Change, Energy, Environment

Is the climate movement at a political tipping point? Could right now, 2015, be that moment in history, be something akin to the 1964-1965 period for the civil rights movement? Those were the years that two major pieces of legislation, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, ended legal segregation in the South and opened the way for a whole series of positive social, cultural and political changes in the U.S. in the years since. If looked at in that light, the answer is almost certainly “no.” Given the dominance of the Senate and the House by climate denier Republicans, it is extremely unrealistic to expect major national climate legislation until 2017 at the earliest.

Grassroots Winning As Coal Export Terminals Stopped

January 13, 2015 Katherine Bagley, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Coal, Energy, Environment

The U.S. coal export industry continued its losing streak as 2014 ended and 2015 began. A coal terminal project in Louisiana lost its permit in state court, and one in Washington ran into a stiff legal challenge. Last month, the company behind several other planned terminals sold its remaining projects to a high-risk investment firm at a major loss. The developments continue a string of victories for environment groups fighting the export of coal to developing economies such as China. Of 15 proposals to build major new coal export facilities across the U.S., all but four have been defeated or canceled within the past two years. And only a few existing facilities have won approval to expand. "This is an ugly, ugly time for coal exports," said Clark Williams Derry, research director for the Seattle-based Sightline Institute, a nonprofit think tank that promotes sustainable policies for the Pacific Northwest.

Trash Incinerators Generate Community Opposition

January 13, 2015 Timothy Williams, www.nytimes.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Waste

Rising from a denuded landscape not far from this area’s famed beaches, the nation’s first new commercial garbage incinerator in 20 years is about to be fired up, ready to blast up to 3,000 tons of trash a day into electricity for thousands of houses. With landfills shunned, recycling programs stalled and the country’s record-setting trash output unyielding, new waste-to-energy plants are being eyed as a path to salvation. Facilities similar to the $670 million incinerator here, common in Europe, are under consideration in Massachusetts, Nevada, Virginia, Wisconsin and elsewhere. Americans produce 4.4 pounds of trash per person per day, the most in the world, and the talk of returning to incineration, industry experts say, is an acknowledgment of defeat in the effort to reduce output and step up recycling.

Study: Keep Dirty Energy In The Ground

January 10, 2015 Eric Holthaus, www.slate.com Educate! Energy, Environment, Oil & Gas

This is the first study to highlight which specific national reserves must be abandoned in order to keep global warming in check, with trillions of dollars in assets on the line. The idea that fossil fuel companies could cause a major economic crash, should their reserves be deemed worthless, inspired the Bank of England to launch an inquiry last month. Meanwhile, currently plummeting oil prices—down more than 50 percent over the past six months—may be providing a glimpse into a future of the sort described in the new study. In recent weeks, calls (1,2,3,4) for using the recent drop to implement carbon taxes and eliminate subsidies to oil companies have grown louder. Newdrilling permits have plunged, and coal prices have also fallen substantially, putting additional burdens on a faltering industry.

Hundreds Protest Gas Export Off NJ/NY Coast

January 10, 2015 MaryAnn Spoto, www.nj.com Resist! Energy, Environment, New Jersey (NJ), Oil & Gas

Hundreds of people turned up the heat Thursday night on a proposed liquefied natural gas facility off the coast of New Jersey as they voiced their objections to a project they said would jeopardize security to the area while benefiting an industry that doesn’t need to import gas to the U.S. The effects of the project on the state’s security, environment, fishing industry and the country’s continued reliance on fossil fuels dominated the reasons the majority of speakers said don’t want a pipeline pumping liquefied natural gas from boats in the New York/New Jersey Harbor 18 miles from Long Island and 28 miles from Long Branch. Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Monmouth) said the project, known as the Port Ambrose Deep Water Port, brings no benefit to New Jersey because it won’t deliver gas to the Garden State and it won’t bring jobs to the unemployed.

21 Utah Tar Sands Blockaders Face Charges, Including Felonies

January 6, 2015 Resist! Blockades, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Energy, Environment, Police abuse, Tar Sands, Utah

Uintah County prosecutors have filed felony and misdemeanor charges against 21 people from 10 states who were arrested during a summer protest at the site of a controversial tar sands mine. he charges stem from a July 21 protest at the U.S. Oil Sands mine site, which sits on land leased to the Canadian energy firm by the state School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. During the protest, 12 environmental activists climbed an 8-foot-tall, chain-link fence topped with barbed wire and entered the mine site, according to court records. Five of the activists chained themselves to heavy equipment inside the fenced area, deputies said. About 30 protesters outside the fenced area were told to leave the mine site or face arrest, according to court records. Only one of the 30 failed to follow that order and was arrested. In July, Utah Tar Sands Resistance spokeswoman Jessica Lee said deputies treated the protesters so roughly during the arrests that it amounted to police brutality. "This is a clear example of the Uintah County sheriff escalating things," Lee said at the time, noting that protesters were "grabbed in an aggressive manner" and some were "thrown to the ground."

Gas Pipeline Faces Mountain Of Opposition In Western Virginia

January 5, 2015 Michael Martz, www.richmond.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Law, Oil & Gas

Wendy Little was home alone last fall when a vehicle with Texas license plates came up the driveway of her property here in western Augusta County. She watched a man wearing a “big ol’ cowboy hat” get out and come to the front door. She asked him if he was an agent for Dominion Transmission Inc., which had sought unsuccessfully to get permission from Little and her husband, William, to come onto their 5-acre parcel to survey for the potential route of a supersized, high-pressure natural gas pipeline proposed through the county from West Virginia to southeastern Virginia and North Carolina. She told him — again — they wouldn’t allow the pipeline surveyors on their land. “He threatened court and I said, ‘Fine, we’ll be happy to see you there,’ ” she said.

Groups Challenge FERC Approval Of Pipeline In NY & PA

January 3, 2015 Earth Justice, www.earthjustice.org Organize! Energy, Environmental Justice, FERC

Environmental groups today called on the federal government to reconsider its approval of a 124-mile natural gas pipeline and gas transmission system project that would run from northeastern Pennsylvania through four counties in upstate New York. The groups say the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in approving the Constitution pipeline earlier this month failed to properly assess the environmental impact of the projects as required under the National Environmental Policy Act. The pipeline project—planned by Constitution Pipeline Co. and Iroquois Gas Transmission System―would cut through Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania and Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Schoharie counties in New York.

Voices & Votes Against Fracking Rang Out & Racked Up In 2014

January 1, 2015 David Hasemyer, www.insideclimatenews.org Create! Energy, Environment, Oil & Gas

Burch Muldrow was absolutely fed up with Lewis Petroleum. The oil company was bulldozing dirt over a pit full of black, oily sludge on the ranch where he worked as caretaker. Recalling a dramatic incident that happened two years ago, Muldrow said recently that he couldn't just stand by and watch. So he grabbed an empty one-gallon plastic milk jug from the bed of his pickup. He cut off the top and scooped up some of the waste, muck he described as having the consistency of thick cake batter and smelling like diesel fuel. Muldrow simply wanted to get the stuff tested to find out exactly what was being buried—and what harm it might cause. His impulsive action in 2012 thrust him into a larger wave of national opposition to oil-and-gas development that continues to gain momentum today.

Kalamazoo Resident’s Week-Long Environmental Justice Fast

December 30, 2014 Michigan Cats, www.michigancats.org Resist! Energy, Environment, Environmental Justice

At 12am on December 25, precisely one week before the end of 2014, I began a week-long “environmental justice fast”. This fast is a personal, spiritual act of opposition to Enbridge and Enbridge’s tar sands tyranny. I was inspired to do this fast a few months ago as a result of casual internet research, looking to discover previous acts of opposition to Enbridge… I came across articles detailing a similar fast (check out this and this) done by Mia Nissenduring the last 7 days of the previous year in opposition to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline. I thought that was pretty cool and honorable, and decided pretty much then and there that I’d do the same thing this year. For this fast I’m consuming nothing but water. I am not concerned for my health or the safety of the fast because I’ve fasted a few times before.

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