Fracking

Obama Appointed Judge Says Feds Cannot Regulate Fracking On Public Land

June 23, 2016 Timothy Cama, www.thehill.com Educate! Barack Obama, Fracking, Land, Regulation

By Timothy Cama for The Hill - A federal judge appointed by President Obama struck down the administration’s regulation on hydraulic fracturing on federal lands on Tuesday, ruling that the Interior Department does not have congressional authority to regulate fracking. The decision is a major loss for the administration, which worked for years to update its oil and natural gas drilling regulations to account for dramatic increases and innovations in fracking.

People Near Wyoming Fracking Town Show Elevated Levels Of Toxic Chemicals

June 23, 2016 Zahra Hirji, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Fracking, Toxic Chemicals, Wyoming

By Zahra Hirji for Inside Climate News - Researchers tested air pollution in Pavillion, Wyo., along with local residents, suggesting a link between the toxic chemicals released and biological impacts. A new study brings researchers and environmental advocates closer than ever to tracing whether toxic chemicals spewing out of natural gas production sites are making their way into the bodies of people who live and work nearby.

Fracking, Failure Of Mainstream Greens And Corporate Control

June 23, 2016 Mark Hand, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Energy, Fracking, Policy

By Mark Hand for Counter Punch - The name of her new book is Frackopoly, but author Wenonah Hauter tackles issues beyond hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking. She writes about energy spats past and present, explaining why she believes the energy industry won most of these fights and succeeded in monopolizing U.S. energy policy-making over the past 100 years. But momentum, she notes, has shifted slightly toward the people over the past half-dozen years.

Newsletter: Making Protest Personal; Take It To Their Homes

June 18, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter BXE, FCC, FERC, Flint, Fracking, Kayactivism, Norman Bey, Occupy, Oil & Gas, Ron Wyden, Tar Sands, Tom Wheeler, Torture, Wars and Militarism, Water

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. Protests at homes of public officials and corporate CEOs is a common tactic used widely because it can be very effective. The response of Barrasso shows it is working and should continue. As Saul Alinsky, author or Rules for Radicals, pointed out “any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.” Such protests have to be nonviolent and conducted in a way that does not inconvenience neighbors but educates them about why the protest is occurring. These tactics seek to personalize the issue, to make it less abstract than a federal agency. The campaign should keep their focus on the people responsible, not let up, continue to escalate and make the person isolated and unpopular. The goal is to maintain constant, escalating pressure so the official pays a heavy personal price for their actions.

BXE Hijacks Stage At VA Energy Policy Forum

June 18, 2016 Staff, www.beyondextremeenergy.org Resist! FERC, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, LNG, Policy, Virginia

By Staff of Beyond Extreme Energy - Activists from Beyond Extreme Energy interrupted the Virginia Energy Policy Forum in Hampton today to dramatize forcefully our conviction that current policies of the U.S. government, the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Dominion Resources and others represented at the event are wrong-headed and dangerous. As U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz was addressing the forum, BXEers Steve Norris and Lee Stewart walked in front of the stage carrying a banner that said: “NO LNG EXPORTS.” and “Guys, we ain’t asking … Clean Energy Now.”

Six-Day Tree Sit Against Fracked Gas Pipeline Ends

June 14, 2016 Rising Tide Vermont, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipelines

By Rising Tide Vermont. Monkton, Vt. - A six day aerial blockade of Vermont Gas Systems' fracked gas pipeline has ended with one arrest and significant delays at a construction site along the proposed route. Sam Jessup, who occupied a platform in a tree since last Tuesday to halt construction activity, came down voluntarily after police disconnected the cell phone he was using to communicate with supporters on the ground. "As we continue to effectively halt pipeline construction, we are seeing an escalation in tactics from the police in their response," said Will Bennington, a spokesperson with the climate justice group Rising Tide Vermont. "AT&T has reported to us that Sam's phone was disconnected from nearby cell towers, and state troopers confirmed that they had 'other tricks up our sleeves' to disrupt the action, including interfering with the cell phone."

EPA Wrong About Dangers Of Frack-Impacted Water In Pennsylvania

June 10, 2016 Sharon Kelly, www.desmogblog.com Educate! EPA, Fracking, Pennsylvania

By Sharon Kelly for Desmg Blog - Back in 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a startling announcement, shaking up the battle over fracking in one of the nation's highest-profile cases where drillers were suspected to have caused water contamination. Water testing results were in for homeowners along Carter Road in Dimock, PA, where for years, homeowners reported their water had turned brown, became flammable, or started clogging their well with “black greasy feeling sediment” after Cabot Oil and Gas began drilling in the area.

LNG Has No Climate Benefit For Decades, IF EVER*

June 8, 2016 Joe Romm, www.thinkprogress.org Educate! Climate Change, Fracking, LNG

By Joe Romm for Think Progress - One of the country’s leading experts on natural gas leaks told me, “a close reading of the DOE report in the context of the recent literature indicates that exporting natural gas from the U.S. as LNG is a very poor idea.” So you may wonder why the Financial Times had this headline on its story: “US LNG exports could help countries curb emissions.”

Scotland Bans Fracking: “No Ifs, No Buts, No Fracking”

June 2, 2016 Claudia Beamish, www.scotsman.com Resist! Fracking, Scotland

By Claudia Beamish for The Scotsman - But the move will pile the pressure on energy minister Paul Wheelhouse to rule out fracking in the long-term when he eventually rules on the issue. Nationalist MSPs abstained on a motion calling for the practice to be ruled out in future, allowing the combined Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat ranks to out-vote the Tories. The vote does not oblige the government to impose the ban, but Labour immediately called for the Scottish Government to respect the decision reached by MSPs.

Heather Doyle Jailed For Complaining About Police Abuse

May 29, 2016 Seed Coalition, www.seedcoalition.wordpress.com Resist! Courts, Cove Point, Fracking, Police abuse, Police Brutrality

By Seed Coalition for SEED. Heather and another activist with Stopping Extraction and Exports Destruction (SEED) climbed a crane on a site being used for the construction of a massive fracked gas export terminal in the community of Cove Point, Maryland. They hung a banner from the top of the crane that read “Dominion, go home. No gas exports. Don’t frack Maryland. Save Cove Point.” The climbers’ lives were jeopardized when law enforcement officers tried to remove them from the crane in an unsafe way — an allegation that the state’s attorney didn’t challenge in court. The complaint Heather filed that is central to this case stems from her being assaulted during the extraction by a 6’4”, 285 lb. cop while surrounded by numerous officers, Dominion employees, and contractors. A statement about the assault and endangerment was released after the court process from that action ended, in order to not incriminate the defendants when they had open legal cases.

People’s Department Of Environmental Justice Serves Eminent Domain

May 26, 2016 Douglas Smith and Henry Harris, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Environmental Justice, Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

By Douglas Smith and Henry Harris. Randolph, VT - Early this morning, members of the People's Department of Environmental Justice (PDEJ) served notice of eminent domain at the home of VT Public Service Department Commissioner Chris Recchia. Just before 7:00 am PDEJ Members, dressed in hard hats and high visibility vests approached Recchia with a Notice of Eminent Domain. The notice stated, "the land belonging Commissioner Recchia is now under the legal jurisdiction of those most severely impacted by the permitting of the VGS Fracked Gas pipeline project." It continued, "If Recchia will not take any accountability for his role in rubber stamping extreme energy projects that accelerate the climate crisis, exploit first nations communities and harass the public here in Vermont, the People's Department of Environmental Justice will continue ongoing education development projects on this property."

Colorado’s Tenacious Anti-Fracking Movement Explores “Last-Ditch Options”

May 24, 2016 Deirdre Fulton, www.commondreams.org Resist! Colorado, Fracking

By Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams - Left with few options for stopping the scourge of oil and gas drilling in their state, Colorado residents are turning to creative forms of resistance in what the Denver Post calls"a last-ditch push for protection" against fracking. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in early May that state rules promoting oil and gas development trump local attempts to restrict or ban drilling near homes and schools. As such, residents who live near proposed drilling sites "said they see few options" for stopping new projects, the Post reported.

The Coal Vs. Fracking Canard

May 14, 2016 Mitch Jones, www.foodandwaterwatch.org Educate! Coal, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Renewable Energy

By Mitch Jones for Food & Water Watch - Following a recent report from the Department of Energy that 66 percent of natural gas produced in the United States comes from fracked wells and news that March was the third straight “hottest month ever,” Mother Jones has published a piece – for a second time this year – that argues that fracking for natural gas is a valuable, even necessary, tool in the fight against climate change because it displaces coal. Both pieces were written by ClimateDesk Associate Producer Tim McDonnell.

Fight World’s Dirtiest Energy, Corporate Coups & How East Was Lost

May 12, 2016 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com Resistance Report Corporations, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Fracking

By Eleanor Goldfield for Occupy - This week: Break Free from fossil fuels, rebel against the fracking infrastructure, glean some inspiration from our European anti-corporate coup comrades and join the fight against lame ducks and their sneaky deals. Finally, Raed Jarrar has lived our Middle East policy and is now working to change it. But first, lunacy's loop: god and war.

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

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