Energy

Foreign Corporation Sues Protesters For Trespassing In Park

November 2, 2014 Resist! Energy, Environment, Pipelines, Tar Sands

“I feel outraged politically that this could happen in a democracy – that a foreign massive company can accuse you of trespassing on a park" - SFU professor Stephen Collis Texas-based Kinder Morgan has hit several Burnaby residents and two SFU professors, who have spoken out against the company’s pipeline test work on Burnaby Mountain, with a multi-million-dollar lawsuit according to the defendants' lawyer. SFU professor Stephen Collis received the 1000-page stack of legal papers at his university office, just before he went out to teach his literature class late Thursday. “Personally, you feel pretty freaked out – when they start saying $5.6 million in damages, and all this jazz.” “I feel outraged politically that this could happen in a democracy – that a massive foreign company can accuse you of trespassing on a park. That they can use the courts and their money and influence from barring you from your constitutional right to free speech,” said Collis on Friday morning.

Wednesday: Rally & Protest FERC Energy Plans In New York

November 2, 2014 NYC Grassroots Alliance, www.meetup.com Resist! Energy, Environment, FERC, Fracking

It's rare to get a chance to talk to FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) or PSC (Public Service Commission) staffers without traveling to DC or Albany, but this week we have a chance to reach them right here in NYC! Both agencies are in town for a joint meeting to discuss New York's energy future, and what happens in NYS affects both PA and New England, so please get to these rallies if you can and tell all your friends! There will be 2 rallies Wednesday, as they begin and end their day. On Monday we are doing a flash mob in front of FERC offices in DC, where we will "point the finger at FERC," and the Beyond Extreme Energy action will be blockading FERC entrances all week in DC, so FERC commissioners will have a hard time missing the public's message! Feel free to recycle the "FERC is a Shady Business" t-shirts that have been created for theMonday action, and if you want to make your own t-shirt the facebook event tells you where to pick up an iron-on decal yourself.

Decentralized, Backyard Energy Could Be The Sustainable Future

November 1, 2014 Paul Hockenos, www.foreignpolicy.com Create! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Renewable Energy

SCHWÄBISCH HALL, Germany — On any given day, Johannes van Bergen, director of the municipal utility Stadtwerke Schwäbisch Hall in southwestern Germany, conducts his team's array of gas, heat, and electricity sources to meet the energy needs of at least several hundred thousand Swabians in the region, as well as about more than 90,000 customers elsewhere in Germany. And every day -- in fact, every hour -- that energy mix is constantly in flux. Technicians at the town's smart-grid center monitor and manage the utility's roughly 3,000 regional energy suppliers: several thousand solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, two wind parks, one gas-and-steam power station, six small hydro-electric works, three biomass (wood pellet), six biogas plants, and 48 combined heat and power plants, as well as other conventional and renewable energy suppliers outside the municipality.

Record Number Of Anti-Fracking Measures On Ballot

November 1, 2014 Zahra Hirji, www.insideclimatenews.com Organize! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Law, Vote

Eight towns and counties across the country are taking their health and environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to the ballot boxes next week. That's apparently a record number for a single election day, according to experts who spoke to InsideClimate News. Fracking is "the number one political issue" related to energy this election, said Thad Kousser, a political science professor at the University of California San Diego. The controversial process, which involves pumping a slurry of water, chemicals and sand down a well to crack open shale bedrock and extract oil and gas, has driven a surge in U.S. energy production, enriched property owners and created local jobs. But there's a growing backlash against the industry: Opponents are concerned about air, water, waste, noise and light pollution, and they argue that regulations are too weak.

Exxon Seeks To Keep 900,000 Pages Of Oil Spill Documents Secret

November 1, 2014 Elizabeth Douglass, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Capitalism, Energy, Environment, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill

Oil giant ExxonMobil is seeking "unprecedented secrecy" by labeling nearly 900,000 pages of documents as confidential in a class action lawsuit over an oil pipeline rupture in Arkansas, an attorney said in a new court filing. The attorney, Tom Thrash, said Exxon's blanket assertion of confidentiality prevents affected property owners and the public from learning whether Exxon had properly maintained and repaired the 1940s-era Pegasus oil pipeline at the heart of the case, and it has forced him to file his arguments under seal. The 858-mile Pegasus, which stretches from Patoka, Ill. to Nederland, Texas, was carrying Canadian diluted bitumen (dilbit) when it burst open in Mayflower, Ark. on March 29, 2013. An estimated 210,000 gallons of thick oil oozed into a neighborhood and waterway, sickening residents and forcing the evacuation of 22 homes. Exxon later bought most of the houses because the owners didn't want to return.

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.

The Energy East Pipeline Won’t Get Built Either

October 31, 2014 Greenpeace, www.greenpeace.org Resist! Canada, Energy, Environment, First Nations, Keystone XL

fter TransCanada filed its official application with the National Energy Board today, environmental organizations in Canada and the United States, First Nations and community organizers said the Energy East pipeline will never be built. “It’s not going to happen,” said Patrick Bonin of Greenpeace Canada. “Energy East would negate all the good work on climate that has been done at the provincial level, pose a major threat to millions of people’s drinking water and disrespect Canadians in Eastern Canada, who care as much as any other Canadian about oil spills contaminating their homes, waterways and livelihoods.” Energy East – extending from Alberta to New Brunswick - would be the longest oil pipeline in North America and the single largest tar sands pipeline, transporting 30 per cent more oil than Keystone XL and double the size of Northern Gateway.

Resistance Blowing Huge Hole In Oil Industry’s Bottom Line

October 31, 2014 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! Energy, Environment, Finance and the Economy, Fracking, Keystone XL, Oil & Gas, Tar Sands

The growing tide of tar sands resistance—seen in blockades, tree sits, petitions, education efforts and calls to divest—is having a measurable negative impact on the bottom line of the tar sands industry, according to a new report, prompting researchers to declare that "business as usual for tar sands is over." Published Wednesday by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and Oil Change International, the report, Material Risks: How Public Accountability Is Slowing Tar Sands Development (pdf), finds that tar sands production revenues were down about $30.9 billion from 2010 through 2013. And according to the report, more than half of that lost revenue, roughly $17 billion, can be attributed to the fierce grassroots campaigns that have sprung up throughout North America in the past few years.

Oil & Gas Wells Spewing Cancer Causing Chemicals

October 31, 2014 Alan Neuhauser, www.usnews.com Educate! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Fracking

Oil and gas wells across the country are spewing “dangerous" cancer-causing chemicals into the air, according to a new study that further corroborates reports of health problems around hydraulic fracturing sites. “This is a significant public health risk,” says Dr. David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany-State University of New York and lead author of the study, which was published Thursday in the journal Environmental Health. “Cancer has a long latency, so you’re not seeing an elevation in cancer in these communities. But five, 10, 15 years from now, elevation in cancer is almost certain to happen.” Eight poisonous chemicals were found near wells and fracking sites in Arkansas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wyoming at levels that far exceeded recommended federal limits.

Congressman Launches Frack Waste Investigation As Concern Rises

October 31, 2014 David Hasemyer and Zahra Hirji, www.insideclimatenews.org Organize! Energy, Environment, Natural Gas, Pennsyvania

In a reflection of growing national concern about the disposal of oil and gas waste, a Pennsylvania congressman launched an investigation Wednesday into the way his state regulates the discarding of the unwanted, often toxic material. Rep. Matthew Cartwright, a first-term Democrat from eastern Pennsylvania, wants to know more about how the contaminated leftovers from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are regulated. In an email exchange with InsideClimate News, Cartwright said "preliminary reports indicate there are big gaps in protections and oversight that the federal government might have to fill."

Oil-Price Plunge Gives New Ammo To Divestment Activists

October 30, 2014 Elizabeth Douglass, www.insideclimatenews.org Organize! Climate Change, Divestment, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels

The recent dive in oil prices is undermining oil company earnings, projects and stock prices—at least for now—giving new ammunition to climate action groups pushing pensions, universities and others to purge their fossil fuel holdings. By themselves, the lower oil prices aren't likely to convince institutions to divest from fossil fuels, especially since price swings are common in oil markets. But the unexpected dip could help the cause by casting doubt on the investment case for keeping them, according to Jamie Henn, communications director at 350.org, a leader in the growing divestment campaign. "The primary reason to divest remains the moral and political one—that if it's wrong to wreck the planet, then it's wrong to profit from that wreckage," said Henn.

Friends Of The Earth Sues NRC Over Hiding Earthquake Vulnerability

October 30, 2014 Friends of the Earth, www.foe.org Organize! Energy, Environment, Law, Nuclear Energy, Oil & Gas

Friends of the Earth has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn a secret decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to illegally alter the operating license for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant allowing Pacific Gas and Electric to hide the fact that the reactors are vulnerable to earthquakes stronger than it was meant to withstand. The secret revision of Diablo Canyon’s license was revealed in NRC documents rejecting a dissent by the plant’s former senior resident inspector. The inspector, Dr. Michael Peck, defied his superiors in saying that Diablo Canyon was operating in violation of its license and should be shut down unless and until new seismic information was addressed.

3,000-Mile March For Climate Action To Arrive In DC On Nov 1

October 30, 2014 John Zangas, www.cetology.org Resist! Climate Change, Energy, Environment

When the original thirty-four people started walking from Port of Wilmington, Los Angeles, they had no idea that walking across the country would turn into a life-changing experience. Traversing major cities, hiking the Appalachians, trekking the Plains, and crossing the proposed KXL pipeline route gave them eight months to consider their purpose for marching. Walking 3,000 miles has been cathartic for all of them. During the first weeks of the March, they learned to overcome the physical challenges of walking 15-25 miles a day–8 to 10 hours each day, resting one day a week. The core group stayed together from the beginning; not one person dropped out, according to Jimmy Betts, an organizer and participant.

Massive Civil Disobedience In Vermont A Possible Game-Changer

October 30, 2014 Earth First! Newswire, www.earthfirstjournal.org Resist! Civil Disobedience, Climate Change, Energy, Environment

This morning, a group of students stood in protest against Governor Shumlin’s fossil fuels infrastructure policy after a night of massive civil disobedience that saw some 64 people arrested. Yesterday’s demonstration consisted of more than a hundred community members staging a mass sit in at Shumlin’s office on the top floor of the Pavillion Building, accompanied by a dance party on the bottom floor. The sit in lasted several hours. Shumlin was not present, but requested that everyone act respectfully, stating, “While I agree that climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our state, nation, and world, I disagree with the protesters’ position on the natural gas pipeline, which I believe will help hasten our state’s transition away from dirtier fuel oil and help our economy.”

Coast Salish Unite Against Tar Sands Pipeline

October 29, 2014 Terri Hansen, www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com Resist! Energy, Environment, First Nations, Indigenous Rights

The Coast Salish peoples of the Pacific Northwest are the traditional canoe pullers. They are the cedar people. The salmon nation. Their nearly 60,000 people have lived along the coasts of Oregon and Washington State, and in British Columbia, Canada for more than 10,000 years. They are united by language, culture and the Salish Sea. And now, in addition, they are united in their opposition to oil giant Kinder Morgan’s proposed $5.4 billion expansion of its existing Trans Mountain tar sands oil pipeline, which links the Alberta oil sands fields to a shipping terminal in Burnaby, near Vancouver, B.C. The new pipeline would nearly triple the capacity of the existing pipeline from 300,000 barrels per day to 890,000, increasing by sevenfold the number of tankers carrying diluted tar sands bitumen through the Salish Sea in Washington and Canada.

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