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Newsletter – Overcome Fear With Love

May 16, 2015 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter BXE, Chile, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Prisons, Economic inequality, fast track, FERC, Finance and the Economy, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Greece, Homelessness, Human Rights, Inequality, Injustice, Living Wage, Obama, Police violence, Racism, TPP, United Kingdom (UK), Urban decay, Walmart, Water, World Economic Forum

Instead of taking action to prevent or mitigate the next crisis, politicians are causing more harm as they work hand in hand with the wealthy elites who are trying to grab even greater power and extract even greater riches. Maryland's governor was quick to bring in the National Guard and militarized police, but just cut Baltimore education funding by $11.6 million to fund pensions, while last week the state approved funding for a youth jail the people in Baltimore don't want. This article provides five key facts about Baltimore and a graphic that shows how the United States built its wealth on slavery, Jim Crow and racially-based economic injustice and kept African Americans from benefiting the economy. Also, as a special addition to recognize BB King, he sings "Why I Sing the Blues" describing the history of African Americans from slavery until today.

Dozens Denied Access To FERC Public Meeting

May 15, 2015 Anne Meador and John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Environment, FERC

On May 14, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in its monthly open meeting took up the issue of the electrical grid’s vulnerability to geomagnetic disturbances. But the government agency’s own vulnerability to public disturbance was front and center. Federal Protective Services took extraordinary measures to prevent disruption of the Commission meeting by planned protests, barring access to about 30 members of the public. FPS also banned the use of recording devices, brushing aside FERC’s own rule expressly permitting it. Two people were escorted out of the meeting room, three arrested and two more detained. FERC’s actions occurred after the last several Commission meetings were disrupted by protesters who object to FERC’s no holds barred approval of gas infrastructure projects, such as interstate gas pipelines.

FERC Excludes And Arrests Protesters

May 14, 2015 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! FERC, Fracking, Gas, Oil

Members of Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) and others concerned with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) industry friendly oil and gas policy were excluded from the monthly Commissioners meeting today. Three were arrested and two more were detained. FERC tried to divert them into a side room on the incorrect grounds that they had previously disrupted Commissioner meetings. Some who had never before attended a meeting at FERC, much less disrupted one, had traveled hundreds of miles to attend this meeting and were corralled, diverted, and ultimately excluded. When the excluded citizens asked why they had not been allowed entry and explained that they had never been to a meeting, FERC security refused to explain and nevertheless excluded them. The Department of Homeland Security then escorted most of them from the meeting. Some who refused to be excluded were cuffed, detained, and examined by DHS officers. Two were released and three remain in custody.

Enbridge Bypasses U.S. Permit For $7-billion Pipeline Upgrade

May 12, 2015 Jeffrey Jones, www.theglobeandmail.com Educate! Canada, Environment, FERC, Law

Enbridge Inc.’s $7-billion replacement of a major oil pipeline – its largest project to date – will boost overall shipping capacity to the United States while sharply reducing the maintenance bill on its system, the company says. The replacement has the added benefit of allowing Enbridge to avoid a U.S. State Department presidential permit process that has led to long delays in decisions for TransCanada Corp.’s contentious Keystone XL pipeline and Enbridge’s own Alberta Clipper pipeline expansion, CEO Al Monaco said. Enbridge said it has support from its shippers to replace the 46-year-old Line 3 between Edmonton and Superior, Wisc., with new pipes. The existing line has suffered a number of ruptures over the years and currently runs well under capacity.

FERC’s Unprecedented Action Shows Their Weakness

May 11, 2015 Ted Glick, www.tedglick.com Resist! Environment, FERC

This is what happened three days ago when FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, canceled its May monthly public meeting because of Beyond Extreme Energy’s plan to be there in large numbers. They moved it up to May 14, assuming that our movement wouldn’t be able to get it together to turn out on such short notice. So now, we are mobilizing for the kind of turnout on that day, and the kind of turnout May 21-29, that will ratchet up even more the pressure on FERC to change its fracking-enabling ways. What was the reason FERC gave for this unprecedented action on their part? As reported in a story by Alex Guillen of Politico, “’At the recommendation of the Federal Protective Service, the Commission moved its regular monthly meeting to May 14 to better ensure the safety of its staff and the public during the protests planned for May 21 at FERC headquarters,’ FERC spokesman Craig Cano wrote in an email.”

Newsletter – We Have A Duty To Fight For Our Freedom

May 9, 2015 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Barack Obama, Cove Point, fast track, FERC, FERCus, Fracking, Gas, Human Rights, killed by police, Militarization, police brutality, Police violence, TPP

Chelsea Manning writes this week about the lack of transparency and declining press freedom in the United States. Transparency and press freedom are fundamental to democracy. Manning also connects these issues to our right to criticize our government without fear. Assata Shakur, who is currently living in exile in Cuba, says something we've been hearing a lot lately: "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains."

Sixteen Mothers Arrested In Blockade At Crestwood Midstream

May 8, 2015 We Are Seneca Lake, www.wearesenecalake.com Resist! Environment, FERC, Seneca Lake

In an act of civil disobedience, sixteen women from six Finger Lakes-area counties—including one who is pregnant—created a human blockade this morning at both of the gated entrances of Crestwood Midstream. Holding banners that said, “Happy Mother’s Day! Honoring Mother Earth” and “Mothers Against Crestwood: Because I Said So, That’s Why,” protesters prevented all traffic from entering or leaving the gates before their arrests shortly after 11 a.m. by Schuyler County Sheriff’s deputies and NY state troopers. None of the protesters arrested this morning had been previously arrested as part of the We Are Seneca Lake movement, which opposes Crestwood’s plans for methane storage expansion in lakeside salt caverns and which has been ongoing since October 2014. Today’s arrests mark the first since April 22 and bring the total number of arrests to 251 in the seven-month-old civil disobedience campaign.

Groups Appeal Feds Approval Of Cove Point Fracked Gas Export Facility

May 8, 2015 Kelly Trout, www.chesapeakeclimate.org Resist! Environment, FERC, Law, Oil & Gas

Environmental groups sued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today over its decision to approve a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal along the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland without conducting a rigorous environmental review. The lawsuit, filed in the federal appeals court for the D.C. Circuit, charges that FERC circumvented the law by failing to consider how Dominion Resources’ $3.8 billion Cove Point project would trigger expanded fracking for natural gas in the Marcellus shale region, leading to significant new amounts of air, water and climate-disrupting pollution. Additionally, the groups contend that FERC failed to adequately consider the impact of foreign ships dumping dirty wastewater into the Chesapeake Bay. Earthjustice filed the suit today on behalf of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Patuxent Riverkeeper, and Sierra Club.

Protestors Bring Ongoing ‘Situation’ To New FERC Chairman

April 17, 2015 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Environment, FERC, Fossil Fuel, Prison

At his first meeting as FERC Chairman, Commissioner Norman Bay gave the cold shoulder to demonstrators who repeatedly interrupted him to protest what they say is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s rubberstamp approach to regulation. “Oh my God, we have a situation here. The situation is not going away,” shouted protestor Charles Chandler. “There is no democracy here. You just ignore what I write on my computer.” “Well, I guess one wouldn’t be the chairman of FERC without having to deal with protesters,” Bay said, after the first of six were escorted out of the room one at a time. Bay was acknowledging a new reality for the formerly obscure agency. As former FERC Chairwoman Cheryl LaFleur put it, “We have a situation here.” FERC has come to the forefront as gas infrastructure projects have increased exponentially.

Communities Demand An Accountable Government

April 14, 2015 Angela Vogel, www.beyondextremeenergy.org Resist! Energy, Environment, FERC, Law

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, gas, and oil. FERC also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines as well as licensing hydro-power projects. Since 1935 when it first became an independent regulatory agency it has done little to protect citizens from exploitation. Instead, the agency uses its vast powers to facilitate the expansion of dirty and deadly extraction for export to international markets. FERC ensures that toxic energy projects create greater profits for rich developers while leaving poisoned communities with the lie of so-called U.S. energy independence through fossil fuels.

Cove Point Residents Protest At FERC Meeting

March 21, 2015 Beyond Extreme Energy, www.baynet.com Resist! FERC, Oil and Gas

Washington, DC – This morning, March 19, singing and chanting members of We Are Cove Point (WACP) from Lusby, Maryland, and their supporters from Beyond Energy (BXE) attempted to sit in and read a statement at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's(FERC) monthly meeting, protesting FERC's failure to rule on a Request for Rehearing of its Sept. 29, 2014 order approving Dominion Resource's construction permit for Cove Point even while construction at the hotly-challenged site continues. They were immediately removed from the building and the doors were locked behind them. BXE will continue to bring these concerns to the Commission, and emphasized that concerned citizens and communities will not be silenced by an industry-friendly gag rule.

Rubber Stamper FERC, Dominion Shills In Nelson County

March 20, 2015 Pontoon, www.bluevirginia.us Resist! climate crisis, Democracy, FERC, Oil and Gas

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Environmental Impact Study scoping meeting was held Wednesday night in Nelson before a standing-room-only crowd in the 600-seat auditorium at Nelson County High School. FERC had "invited" several state police officers to maintain order. We welcomed them and told them we promised to behave.After being told we could not have signs at the venue or in the meeting, we arrived to see numerous Dominion Power "Clean Energy" signs. In an effort to appear to have community support, there were two hand-painted signs, in favor of the pipeline, planted on school property. Problem is, Dominion representatives were seen putting those hand-painted signs up! Of course, Nelsonians were quick to add their "No Pipeline" signs.

Newsletter: Redefining The 21st Century

March 14, 2015 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Climate Change, fast track, FERC, Internet Freedom, Mass Surveillance, TPP

In his story about how he became aware, Marcus Godwyn writes, "I don’t know about you but when it comes to this 21st century, so far, I’m distinctly not a fan!" It is up to us to redefine what the 21st century ultimately means. To that end, here is what happened this week and what is coming up. The Internet in the 21st Century The new net neutrality rules were published this week and the good news from our friends at Free Press is that the Internet as a common carrier has been restored. Matt Wood says, “These rules are an all-too-rare example of Washington actually working for the people.” This only happened because people organized and mobilized to make it happen. The result was an unexpected one and would not have occurred without a people's intervention.

FERC Tired Of Protesters Passes Sit Down & Shut Up Rule

March 12, 2015 Darius Dixon, www.politico.com Resist! BXE, Climate Change, FERC, Oil and Gas

FERC leaders have apparently had more than enough of the anti-fracking protests that have disrupted their meetings — and in very FERC-ian fashion, they’ve approved a new rule on it. Order No. 806 clarifies that for the public, the right to observe meetings “does not include disruptive behavior.” Ted Glick, national campaign coordinator at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, one of the groups involved in the FERC protests, told Politico that FERC has failed to protect human health and the environment. “People facing new pipelines, compressor stations, and liquefaction plants in their communities have voiced concerns through every ‘official’ means possible, only to see FERC put the interests of the gas industry over the public interest at every turn,” he said. “Now, instead of focusing on doing its job, FERC appears to be focused on further shutting out citizen voices. As long as FERC continues to fail the public, people will face no choice but to keep showing up at their doorstep.”

FERC’s LaFleur Confronted With Truth About Her Deeds

March 11, 2015 Lee Stewart, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! BXE, Climate Change, Climate Justice, FERC, Oil and Gas

The climate crisis is an example of a truth that requires urgent enactment. This is because it remains largely invisible to those operating the levers of destruction. Unlike the LaFleur’s of the world, who remain largely insulated by wealth, those living on the frontlines of the crisis might see and feel it everyday. LaFleur, on the other hand, can sit comfortably at the helm of a government agency, rubber stamping climate change inducing infrastructure projects with impunity, never once having to experience the consequences of her actions firsthand. Not in a significant way, at least. It is our job, therefore, to bring the crisis experience to her directly. It is our job, in other words, to manifest the crisis for those who are blinded to it, namely, the economic elite, the bureaucrats, and the other managers of the world who are tasked with keeping the cogs oiled and running. We must build around these folks a crisis so immense and forceful that they have no other choice but to abandon the machine all together.

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