Fracking

Fracking Everglades? Floridians Recoil As House Approves Bill

February 5, 2016 Zahra Hirji, www.insideclimatenews.org Resist! Florida, Fracking, Legislation

By Zahra Hirji for Inside Climate News - South Florida, home to one of the country's most fragile water systems, could be the nation's next fracking frontier. The Florida House of Representatives voted 73-45 on Jan. 27 to approve abill that opens the door to fracking by 2017 after the state studies the environmental and public health risks. Next, the bill requires state regulators to draft rules governing the practice, which could begin in 2018 or 2019. This is the third time in three years the Florida House has passed a version of this bill.

Protectors Needed In NE Pennsylvania Now!

February 4, 2016 Alex Lotorto, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Environment, Fracking, Oil and Gas, Pipeline

By Alex Lotorto of Energy Justice Shale Initiative. Landowners in PA were notified by Pat McCluskey (chief landman) via a letter that tree felling will begin on Friday in Susquehanna County. We will need people on Friday morning through the weekend to volunteer. The Holleran property is located at 2131 Three Lakes Road, New Milford, PA, but use these coordinates to find us: 41.8272387, -75.7585062 Parking is up in the field or down by the cabin, so look for "P" signs on either side of the road and follow the arrows. Wear layers and shoes/boots that can get dirty. Bring cameras if you have them. We have been present at 7AM every day since Saturday with little activity beyond Constitution trucks driving by slowly to check us out from the road.

Calvert County Stop Intimidating Activists

February 4, 2016 Staff, www.actionnetwork.org Resist! Environment, Fracking, Maryland, Protesters

By Staff of Action Network - Earlier this year, Carling Sothoron and Heather Doyle climbed and hung a banner from a crane at the construction site for Dominion Resources's fracked gas export facility near Cove Point, Maryland. During the extraction and arrest, both Carling and Heather, who are expert climbers, experienced an unsafe extraction by the Calvert County Sheriff's Office and Heather was assaulted during her arrest. After the court proceedings for their action Heather filed an official complaint about their treatment. Instead of holding its officers accountable, Calvert County is now prosecuting Heather for “making false statements to an officer”.

Fight Fracked Gas: Cove Point Spring Break

February 2, 2016 Staff, www.wearecovepoint.org Resist! Climate Change, Fracking, health, Oil and Gas

By We Are Cove Point. Lusby, Maryland - We Are Cove Point and SEED (Stopping Extraction and Export Destruction) are organizing an action camp in Cove Point over Spring Break. The Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas export terminal is the centerpiece of the fracked-gas infrastructure build-out currently underway in the mid-Atlantic US. The gas industry is tying much of its financial future to exports, and Cove Point, Maryland, is the place it has selected to liquefy the gas, put it on tankers, and bring it around the world. However, a broad movement has been fighting the gas industry every step of the way — to stop this export terminal at Cove Point, the tangled web of pipelines and compressor stations, export terminals in other places, and where the gas is pulled from the ground.

Offshore Fracking Moratorium Now In Effect Off California’s Coast

February 2, 2016 Cole Mellino, www.ecowatch.com Resist! California, Environment, Fracking

By Cole Mellino for Eco Watch - The federal government will not issue any new permits for offshore fracking in California after a settlement was reached on Friday in a case brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The lawsuit alleged that federal regulators “rubber-stamped permits” without enough consideration for fracking’s impacts on coastal communities and wildlife, the Associated Press (AP) reported. The settlement directs the U.S. Department of the Interior to conduct an environmental assessment of offshore fracking by May 28. There will be a 30-day public comment period on the draft assessment.

FERC Commissioner Finds Irony In Protest

January 22, 2016 Anne Meador and John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! FERC, Fracking, Protests

By Anne Meador and John Zangas for DCMediaGroup - An official at a government agency responsible for permitting gas infrastructure took a potshot at protesters who were disrupting a public meeting on January 21. As Commissioner Tony Clark announced that he was leaving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission when his term expires, he sniped at what he seemed to think was the demonstrators’ ingratitude for a primary service FERC performs: greasing the wheels for gas companies to build pipelines, storage facilities and compressor stations to fuel the electrical grid.

Looming Disaster For Everglades If Oil Fracking Bill Passes

January 22, 2016 Richard Luscombe, www.theguardian.com Resist! Environment, Fracking

By Richard Luscombe for The Guardian - Environmentalists are warning of a potential ecological disaster for the Florida Everglades if state lawmakers approve a measure that would open the door to fracking in the sensitive wetlands. On Tuesday, politicians in Tallahassee were debating a proposed new law that would remove the right of local municipalities to pass ordinances or resolutions banning fracking and instead place all regulation and oversight of drilling for oil into the hands of a single state agency.

EPA Protested At 10 Regional Offices Over Clean Power Plan

January 20, 2016 Staff of Our Power, www.storify.com Resist! Energy, Fracking, Gas, Incinerators, Nuclear Power, Solar, Wind

By Staff of Our Power Campaign. Below is a storify of the national day of action against the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan which people see as rhetorical cover for expanding the use of methane gas, which is usually fracked gas, incinerators to burn waste and nuclear power. On Tuesday January 19th, activists with the Climate Justice Alliance's (CJA) Our Power Campaign met with EPA administrators and held rallies outside of EPA offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle. Our Power Campaign, Climate Justice Alliance The actions called for stronger safeguards for frontline communities and a "just transition" to a clean energy future. The called for community-based solutions and transition to a clean energy future. Clean energy does not include methane gas, incinerators or nuclear energy

Infrastructure ‪Pipeline Task Force‬ Meeting Shut Down

January 20, 2016 Beyond Extreme Energy, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! BXE, Carbon infrastructure, Fracking, Gas, Pennsylvania, Pipelines

By Beyond Extreme Energy. Residents impacted by fracked gas infrastructure from across Pennsylvania came together today to shut down the final meeting of Governor Wolf’s Infrastructure Task Force. Exactly one year after members of frontline communities from across the state disrupted Governor Wolf’s inauguration to demand an end to fracking, Pennsylvanians again convened in Harrisburg to demand a stop to the buildout of fracked gas infrastructure. “My friends and neighbors in Butler County have already been harmed by the reckless practices of the gas industry and the enablers in Pennsylvania’s government. This rubber stamping farce has done nothing but increase the likelihood that the destruction will continue,” said Michael Bagdes-Canning.

Eating The Fossil Fuel Elephant, One Bite At A Time

January 18, 2016 Barbara G. Ellis, www.truth-out.org Resist! Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Oil and Gas, Oil Trains

By Barbara G. Ellis for Truthout - During the December 2015 global protests over the feeble results of the Paris climate conference, more than 500 of us Portland environmentalists donned woollies, overcoats and hats, raised our umbrellas and marched across the Tilikum - the newest bridge in Portland. The disheartened were later cheered up by 350.org's successful environmental achievements in 2015, as shared by the organization's executive director May Boeve. We are eating the fossil fuel "elephant" one bite at a time.

Farms Not Fracking At Pennsylvania Farm Show

January 16, 2016 Staff, www.buckslocalnews.com Resist! Energy, Farms, Food and Agriculture, Fracking, Pennsylvania

By Staff of Buck Local News - The Spence family is one of many traveling to Harrisburg for a “Farms, Not Fracking” rally at the opening of the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Saturday, January 9 in Harrisburg. Farmers from across the state, joined by supporters such as the Spences, will converge to bring attention to the negative impact fracking is having on the $2.35 billion a year agriculture industry in Pennsylvania. The Farms Not Fracking rally is being organized by Pennsylvanians Against Fracking, a statewide coalition working to stop fracking.

Action To Tell Bank Of America: ‘Dump Dominion’

January 16, 2016 Staff, www.wearecovepoint.org Resist! Bank of America, Dominion, Fracking, Oil and Gas

By We Are Cove Point. Washington, DC - On January 21, We Are Cove Point will hold an action outside the huge Bank of America near the White House in Washington, DC to tell Bank of America to stop funding Dominion’s dirty and dangerous facility under construction in Lusby, MD. We delivered letters to bank managers from Connecticut to North Carolina on December 16, 2015. We sent letters to Bank of America’s press officers, board and CEO. No response. This time we are going to make a lot of noise so they can hear us! Meet us at the Bank of America at 711 15th St. NW in Washington DC at NOON on Thursday, January 21. We will have large banners and some signs. Bring noisemakers. Bring your friends and family. This will be fun!

Fracking Operation Closed Indefinitely After Earthquake

January 14, 2016 Staff, www.cbc.ca Resist! Canada, Fracking

By Staff of CBC News. Alberta, Canada - A hydraulic fracturing operation near Fox Creek, Alta., has been shut down after an earthquake hit the area Tuesday. The magnitude 4.8 quake was reported at 11:27 a.m., says Alberta Energy Regulator, which ordered the shutdown of the Repsol Oil & Gas site 35 kilometres north of Fox Creek. Carrie Rosa, spokeswoman for the regulator, says "the company has ceased operations … and they will not be allowed to resume operations until we have approved their plans." Rosa added the company is working with the energy regulator to ensure all environmental and safety rules are followed.

Your Charity Case, Frack That, Oil Trains & Paradigm Lost

January 13, 2016 Eleanor Goldfield, occupy.com/actout Resistance Report Cove Point, Export Terminals, FERC, Fracking, Non-Profits

By Eleanor Goldfield for Act Out. This week:--- 'tis better to give than to receive – but who are you giving to and who's really receiving the gift? With the help of non-profit employee and activist, Anna Kaminski, we dive into the non-profit industry and peek behind that shiny charity veneer. Next up, from coast to coast, let's talk the fossil fuel industry – fracking, oil trains, export terminals oh my. Activists are making gains but they need your help in taking this fight up to the next level. But first, you have to lose it – a paradigm lost. @ActOutOnOccupy facebook.com/ActOutOnOccupy occupy.com/actout

Understanding The Oregon Militia

January 10, 2016 Les Zaitz, www.oregonlive.com Resist! Carbon infrastructure, Federal land management, Fracking, Mandatory Sentencing, Oregon, Oregon Militia

By Les Zaitz for the Oregonian. Rep. Walden intended, he said, to quickly make points about grazing permits, the proposal for a 2.5 million acre national monument in Malheur County and other Western issues. He started talking at 7:25 p.m. Eastern time to a nearly-empty chamber. "I got up there and 17 years of working with farmers and ranchers and folks in eastern Oregon just poured out," Walden said. He described it as an "artesian well of emotion." He talked of knowing the Hammond ranching family of Diamond for nearly two decades. The patriarch, Dwight Hammond Jr., and his son Steven went to prison the day before Walden's speech. They were convicted on arson charges for burning federal land – a case that triggered the militia to rally in Burns. He recounted episode after episode of what he said was arrogant federal bureaucracies hampering rural Oregon. "Do you understand how frustrated I am at this? Can you imagine how the people on the ground feel?"

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