FERC

First Day Of FERC Protests: Arrests, Commissioner Visited

May 17, 2016 Beyond Extreme Energy, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! BXE, Carbon infrastructure, Climate Change, FERC, Oil & Gas

By Beyond Extreme Energy for #RubberStampRebellion. On the first day of the #RubberStampRebellion, seven climate activists were arrested while forming a human blockade at the exit of the underground parking garage at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington, DC. That night they camped out at the home of Commissioner Tony Clark. Today, more protests, lobbying and camping out at FERC Chair Norman Bey's Washington, DC home. “My grandchildren and all future grandchildren thank you,” Steve Norris, an organizer with Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE), called out as Homeland Security agents handcuffed the seven and led them away. “Thank you for standing up to this corrupt rubberstamp machine that is destroying communities and whose policies are destroying the planet.” Norris was one of the seven arrested blockading FERC.

Rubber Stamp Rebellion Targets FERC & The Corporations It Serves

May 14, 2016 Beyond Extreme Energy, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Climate Justice, FERC, Oil and Gas

By Beyond Extreme Energy for Popular Resistance. Starting Monday, May 16, Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) will spend the week carrying out creative, non-violent actions throughout the Washington, D.C., area. We’ll be targeting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the fossil fuel industry whose projects that rogue agency approves. We’ll be at the headquarters of FERC, 888 First St. NE, Washington, D.C., where the agency rubber stamps approvals for interstate fracked gas pipelines, export terminals and other infrastructure that is destroying local communities and super-charging the climate crisis. We’ll be visiting the four FERC commissioners at their homes to hold them accountable for their decisions and we will be acting in concert with frontline communities.

Rancor, Protests Greet Top Energy Official

May 12, 2016 Brian Nearing, www.timesunion.com Resist! FERC, Protests

By Brian Nearing for Times Union - Climate protesters drove the head of federal energy policy from the stage Wednesday during a conference of power plant owners. Near the end of a speech to the Independent Power Producers of New York, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Norman Bay was interrupted and confronted by about a half-dozen protesters at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center.

A Growing And WINNING Climate Movement

May 4, 2016 Lena Moffitt, www.sierraclub.org Resist! Climate Change, FERC, Fracking, Pipelines

By Lena Moffitt for Sierra Club - The growing rallying cry of the climate movement, to keep fossil fuels in the ground, is taking hold, and not just in the form of chants and headlines, but in the form of cancelled gas pipelines, rejected LNG terminals, shelved lease sales – all of which would’ve perpetuated the fossil fuel status quo, but which faced mounting and unprecedented public opposition. Emboldened by the successful campaign against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and motivated by the growing scientific consensus that we must keep at least 80% of fossil fuel reserves in the ground

Gov. Cuomo Rejects Constitution Pipeline, Huge Win For Anti-Fracking Movement

April 23, 2016 Staff, www.ecowatch.com Resist! FERC, Pipelines

By Staff of Eco Watch - The Constitution Pipeline Project—a joint venture between four oil and gas companies—was proposed to transport fracked natural gas from Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania through Broome, Chenango, Delaware and Schoharie counties in New York to existing interstate pipelines. The pipeline route would have crossed hundreds of streams and wetlands, including those supplying drinking water to families along the proposed route. Using the power granted under the Clean Water Act, DEC officials rejected the companies’ permit application, citing damage the project would do to water supplies along the pipeline route.

Minisink, A Cautionary Tale Every Community Can Learn From

April 21, 2016 Elaine Ulman, www.recorder.com Resist! FERC, Massachusetts, Pipelines

By Elaine Ulman for The Recorder - Once upon a time back in 2011, Minisink, a small New York town about an hour northwest of Manhattan, faced a big problem. That may sound like the start of a fable, but rest assured: All names, dates, and events in this commentary are real, as is “the Monster.” That summer the Millennium Pipeline Company LLC proposed to run a 30-inch fracked gas pipeline through town and install a 12,000-horsepower compressor station.

Rubber Stamp Rebellion To Be Fossil Fuel Free

April 7, 2016 Staff, www.beyondextremeenergy.org Resist! FERC, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Pipelines

By Beyond Extreme Energy. Washington, DC - The winds of change are gaining speed, and Beyond Extreme Energy is working hard to make them even stronger. From May 15 – 22, in Washington, DC, and elsewhere where people are fighting fracking and fracking infrastructure, BXE and our allies will take coordinated action for the Rubber Stamp Rebellion (May 15 will be a day for training and art-building). We will say to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): Stop rubber-stamping gas industry permit applications and change the way you operate. Prioritize the emergence of wind, solar and other renewables above fossil fuels. We say: No New Permits!

Hundreds Rally Asking Gov. Cuomo To Deny Constitution Pipeline

April 6, 2016 Stefanie Spear, www.ecowatch.com Resist! FERC, Pipelines

By Stefanie Spear for Eco Watch - Nearly 400 people from across the state of New York and beyond rallied in Albany today asking Gov. Cuomo to stand up to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and use the state’s authority under the Clean Water Act to deny the 401 water quality certificate for theConstitution Pipeline. The Constitution Pipeline, a joint venture between Williams Pipeline Companies and Cabot Oil & Gas, would run approximately 124 miles from Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania to Schoharie County, New York.

FERC Postpones Decisions On Two Gas Pipeline Projects

April 2, 2016 Elizabeth Skrapits, www.citizensvoice.com Resist! FERC, Gas, Pipelines

By Elizabeth Skrapits for Citizens Voice - Two natural gas pipeline companies will have to wait longer than they wanted for potential approval by the federal agency that authorizes and regulates pipeline projects. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission postponed a decision on the PennEast pipeline to January 2017, seven months later than the company requested. FERC’s decision on another proposed project, Williams Companies’ Transcontinental Pipeline Co., LLC’s $2.59 billion Atlantic Sunrise expansion of the Transco interstate pipeline, is also delayed, by 10 months.

It’s Time For The Rubber Stamp Rebellion

April 1, 2016 Staff, www.beyondextremeenergy.org Resist! FERC, Fracking

By Staff of Beyond Extreme Energy - The winds of change are gaining speed, and Beyond Extreme Energy is working hard to make them even stronger. From May 16 – 22, in Washington, DC, and elsewhere where people are fighting fracking and fracking infrastructure, BXE and our allies will take coordinated action for the Rubber Stamp Rebellion (May 15 will be a day for training and art-building). We will say to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC):

New Short From Anti-Fracking Documentarian Crusader

March 30, 2016 Kate Erbland, www.indiewire.com Resist! Arrest, FERC, Fracking, Protests

By Kate Erbland for Indie Wire - Documentarian and anti-fracking pioneer Josh Fox was arrested last week in Washington, D.C. while doing two of the things he does best: Protesting fracking and filming the entire thing. Fox was on hand to protest the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its role in continuing to permit fossil fuel projects that will greatly accelerate climate change. More specifically, Fox and a group of like-minded individuals were protesting FERC’s role in using eminent domain to condemn and clear-cut a wide swath of maple trees across the Holleran family maple syrup farm in New Milford, Pennsylvania...

Pipeline Lawsuit Called ‘Aggressive,’ Precedent-Setting

March 20, 2016 Richie Davis, www.recorder.com Resist! FERC, Gas, Pipelines

By Richie Davis for the Recorder. Pointing to Tennessee Gas. Pipeline Co.’s suit against the state over a proposed natural gas pipeline through state-protected forest in Sandisfield, state Rep. Stephen Kulik said Friday he plans to call for the Massachusetts House to file a “friend of the court” brief in the case. He said the constitutional provision, called Article 97, will also likely come into play in the controversial Northeast Energy Direct pipeline through eight Franklin County towns. The pipeline company asserts that its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval for its Berkshire County route supercedes the state’s constitutional protection of conservation land there. Kulik called TGP’s plans to override state constitutional protections of open space “probably the greatest overstepping of FERC’s bounds that I can imagine."

Activist Group Plans ‘Rebellion Against FERC’ For Fossil Fuel Work

March 19, 2016 Sean Sullivan, www.snl.com Resist! FERC, Fossil Fuels, Protests

By Sean Sullivan for SNL - When it comes to stopping the permitting of natural gas pipelines and LNG terminals, some groups feel driven to drastic action. "The rebellion against FERC is one aimed at radically transforming how energy is produced, transported and used in this country," Beyond Extreme Energy organizer Lee Stewart said. Many groups that oppose fossil fuels in the U.S. to protect the environment and communities conduct their fight under rules laid down by FERC and federal law...

ResistAIM Pipeline Group Interrupts FERC Meeting

March 18, 2016 Resist AIM Pipeline, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! FERC, Pipelines

By ResistAIM Pipeline. On Thursday March, 17, 2016 at 11:05 AM, ResistAIM Pipeline, a group of concerned New York State (NYS) residents, led by Nancy Vann - a Peekskill landowner whose property was taken by Spectra for pipeline construction - stood up in the monthly public meeting of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to ask the commissioners why they have ignored NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo’s urgent request to immediately halt construction on Spectra Energy's Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) project. Governor Cuomo directed four NYS agencies to conduct an independent safety assessment of the AIM Pipeline and its proximity to Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. The Governor told the New York Times, “The safety of New Yorkers is the first responsibility of state government when making any decision.”

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