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D.C. March Against Fracked Gas Exports

July 9, 2014 Chesapeake Climate Action Network, www.salsalabs.com Resist! D.C., Fracking, Gas, March, Washington, Washington D.C.

On Sunday afternoon, several thousand activists from across the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond will join the first-ever Washington, D.C. rally against the gas industry’s controversial push to export fracked and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from U.S. coastlines. As a key decision nears on the Cove Point export terminal proposed in Lusby, Md., just 50 miles south of the White House, protesters will call on President Barack Obama and his Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to halt approval of all LNG export projects and protect communities from the surge of new fracking wells, pipelines and planet-warming pollution they would trigger. The July 13 “Stop Fracked Gas Exports” mobilization is uniting communities on the front lines of the gas industry’s proposed fracking-pipeline-export build-out. The Cove Point terminal would be the first on the East Coast and could incentivize a dramatic expansion of fracking activities across the Marcellus shale region. FERC, which could decide on whether to approve the Cove Point terminal as early as this August, is currently reviewing 14 export terminals proposed throughout the U.S.

Stop Fracked Gas Exports Action At FERC HQ

July 2, 2014 Stop Fracked Gas Exports, www.sites.google.com Resist! Direct Action, Fracking, Gas, Protest

The gas industry's rush to build 20 or more industrial facilities along our nation's coastline to export fracked gas to countries overseas would bring all of these impacts upon U.S. communities. It would move us in exactly the wrong direction when we urgently need to move forward in tackling the climate crisis. On July 13th in Washington, DC, we'll come together to send a decisive message to President Obama and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Say “No!” to fracked gas exports at Cove Point and nationwide! It will be a critical time to act. This summer, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will be nearing a decision on one of the worst examples of the gas export rush: Dominion Resources' proposed fracked gas export facility at Cove Point – just 50 miles from the White House on the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland. For far too long, President Obama has allowed FERC to rubber stamp project after project, putting the interests of the oil and gas industry above our health, safety, and climate.

Monkey Wrenching The Frackers

June 12, 2014 Cole Stangler, www.inthesetimes.com Strategize! Activism, Direct Action, Fracking, Gas

“All right, motherfuckers! This is an unlawful assembly!” A group of five “police” charge at a mob of milling “protesters,” throwing several to the ground and playfully beating them with rolled-up pieces of old newspaper—the “batons.” “Fucking hippies!” someone shouts from the tussle. The make-believe cops have been supplied with blaze orange construction vests, plastic badges and faux police caps, which combine with their many tattoos and piercings to make them look like a punk version of the Village People. This mock police ambush was part of a three-hour crash course in “Responsible Direct Action” held at last week’s Energy Exports Action Camp in Maryland’s Jug Bay Natural Area, a county park some 25 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. The week-long camp was designed to train, connect and energize activists gearing up to take direct action to stop Dominion Energy’s Cove Point project, a natural gas export terminal planned in Lusby, Md. Opponents say the plant will encourage more fracking, spur Maryland to drop its state-wide moratorium on the practice, and exacerbate global climate change.

Commissioners Sued Over Liquefied Methane Gas Zoning

June 12, 2014 Sarah Fleischman, www.somdnews.com Resist! Fracking, Gas, Law, Maryland

The Accokeek Mattawoman Piscataway Creeks Council is suing the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners over the board’s decision to exempt liquefied natural gas facilities from county zoning ordinances. The case was heard Friday by visiting Judge James P. Salmon as protestors rallied outside the courthouse. The amendment to exempt LNG facilities was adopted after a joint public hearing with the Calvert County Planning Commission in October. Attorney Atty J. Holzer, representing the AMP council, said the amendment passed Oct. 29, 2013, was “unquestionably property specific,” meaning the text amendment to the zoning ordinance was created solely for the proposed export project at Dominion Cove Point in Lusby. But county attorney John Norris said the amendment applies to all 430 properties zoned as I-1 within the county. The amendment was to allow LNG facilities to bypass local zoning and permitting regulations, but not state or federal ones like those regulating the critical area. Facilities such as Dominion Cove Point and Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant are highly regulated by federal agencies and the county does not have the expertise to deal with them, he said. The 2006 ordinance already included the nuclear plant, but the 2013 amendment was expanded to include LNG terminals.

A New Environmentalism For An Unfractured Future

June 11, 2014 Sandra Steingraber, www.commondreams.org Educate! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Future, Gas

I would like to begin by quoting from comments made yesterday by Angela Knight, a former Conservative MP in Britain. As a reaction to the recent elections here in Brussels, Ms. Knight said, “We have an opportunity in the energy industry to get fact based, logic based, properly costed and sensible EU policy-making and to encourage a move away from an emotion driven and expensive agenda.” That statement appears in yesterday’s The Guardian, and I couldn’t have said it better myself. "There are two critical issues: climate change, which is killing our life-support system, and chemical pollution, which is killing us." Indeed, that’s exactly what I have come to European Commission to ask for: for the European Union—and for my own union, the United States—a fully cost-accounted energy policy based on facts, logic and science rather than emotion. But here’s the notable difference: Angela Knight and I are arguing for opposite courses of action. Ms. Knight is a lobbyist for Energy UK. Her group seeks to mute the EU’s commitments to green energy, stall ongoing efforts to counter climate change and maintain dependency on fossil fuels.

The Glorious New Brunswick Shale Gas Rebellion Of 2013

June 7, 2014 Kairos, www.ht.ly Resist! Canada, Gas, Indigenous Rights, Protest, Religion

The harsh, violent and public denial of the right of Mi'kmaq peoples in New Brunswick to free prior and informed consent (FPIC) to shale gas developments on their lands made it to the news and table discussions everywhere. And it is still providing global citizens with an insight into a shocking, inspiring and historic movement of allied peoples in Canada who are under extreme threat and who are demanding to know who ordered the increasingly brutal assaults against peaceful land, water and human rights protectors in Canada in 2013, and why. The answers to questions about who is involved and why reveal the sinister continuance of a set of despicable, centuries-old, but only quietly spoken of, genocidal laws, policies and practices intended to completely eliminate Aboriginal rights in Canada. An examination of the answers reveals that New Brunswick is attempting to justify repression and brutality and that Canada is ignoring constitutional and international law including laws that protect human, civil and Aboriginal rights. Canada proceeds as if it has the right to subjugate, control and assimilate Aboriginal peoples as well as eliminate Aboriginal rights! Ironically, the same legislative trends also suppress some of the fundamental rights of settler peoples. The Glorious New Brunswick Shale Gas Rebellion has exposed tyranny and genocide and in so doing has become a model for communities seeking to eliminate unjust laws.

US Oil Spills Increased by 17% in 2013

May 23, 2014 Brandon Baker, www.ecowatch.com Educate! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Gas, Oil

The rate of oil drilling in the U.S. leveled off in 2013, but the same can’t be said for the amount of spills that took place. According to a report from E&E Publishing, there were at least 7,662 spills, blowouts, leaks and similar incidents last year in 15 of the top states for onshore oil and gas activity. In states where the publication could compare results for both years, the publication determined there were about 20 more spills per day than in 2012. While most of the spills were small, they amounted to more than 26 million gallons of oil, fracking wastewater and more. That’s equivalent to the amount of oil BP gushed into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Doubts About FERC Report Lead Cove Point Opponents To Action

May 23, 2014 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Energy, Environment, Gas

Maryland residents took their doubts about the integrity of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission review of a major industrial project to their U.S. Senators today. They believe FERC came up short with respect to the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that the agency released last week for the Cove Point project, and they’re appealing to their Senators for help. The proposed conversion of a now-dormant natural gas facility in Southen Maryland into a booming export operation just passed a major regulatory hurdle last week. FERC’s release of an overall positive Environmental Assessment for Cove Point puts it considerably further down the road toward final approval. Several groups of Maryland residents visited the offices of Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski around the state because of dissatisfaction with the draft report.

Joe Biden’s Son Appointed To Board Of Largest Ukraine Gas Company

May 18, 2014 Paul Sonne nd James V. Grimaldi,www.wsj.com Educate! Gas, Ukraine

Vice President Joe Biden's son and a close friend of Secretary of State John Kerry's stepson have joined the board of a Ukrainian gas producer controlled by a former top security and energy official for deposed President Viktor Yanukovych. The move has attracted attention given Messrs. Biden's and Kerry's public roles in diplomacy toward Ukraine, where the U.S. expressed support for pro-Western demonstrators who toppled Mr. Yanukovych's Kremlin-backed government in February. The uprising provoked a pro-Russia backlash that has plunged the post-Soviet republic into conflict and brought it to the brink of civil war. Hunter Biden, a lawyer by training and the younger of the vice president's two sons, joined the board of directors of Ukrainian gas firm Burisma Holdings Ltd. this month and took on responsibility for the company's legal unit, according to a statement issued by the closely held gas producer. His appointment came a few weeks after Devon Archer —college roommate of the secretary of state's stepson, H.J. Heinz Co. ketchup heir Christopher Heinz—joined the board to help the gas firm attract U.S. investors, improve its corporate governance and expand its operations.

FERC Report On Cove Point Misses Big Picture

May 16, 2014 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us Educate! Fracking, Gas

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on May 15 issued its Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the Cove Point LNG terminal expansion. The draft EA concludes that the Cove Point project would not “significantly affect the quality of the human environment” and recommends a finding of “no significant impact.” It further stipulates eighty-two measures to mitigate potential impacts of the project before it can be authorized. Dominion Resources, which applied to FERC to convert its liquefied natural gas import terminal into an export facility, is proclaiming victory. “FERC says Cove Point can be built safely with no significant impact to the environment,” Dominion said in a press release. With the release of the draft EA, Dominion is close to surmounting a major regulatory hurdle.

Carbon Divestment Movement Hits Australia’s Four Big Banks

May 4, 2014 Staff, www.350.org Resist! Climate Change, Coal, Energy, Environment, Finance and the Economy, Gas

Hundreds of customers with Australia’s Big Four Banks will close their accounts in a statement against the banks’ investments in new coal and gas projects. These customers will be taking part in Australia’s first ‘National Days of Divestment Action’ organised by Market Forces and 350.org Australia. Since May last year, hundreds of customers have ‘put their bank on notice’ and pledged to move more than AUD $100 million out of the Big Four banks unless they commit to ruling out future loans to coal and gas projects. This is the first time that customers of Australia’s largest banks have been mobilised for a divestment action of this scale. Since 2008, Westpac, ANZ, NAB and the Commonwealth Bank have loaned a collective AUD $19 billion [1] to new coal and gas projects, including the controversial Abbot Point coal terminal and the Maules Creek coal mine. Julien Vincent, Lead Campaigner for Market Forces commented, “The rapid expansion of coal and gas in our country at the expense of communities, other industries and the environment is cause for concern for a great many Australians.”

Honoring Grassroots Environmental Heroes

April 30, 2014 Staff, www.goldmanprize.org Educate! Chemical Spill, Coal, Deforestation, Environment, Fracking, Gas, Oil

The Goldman Prize continues today with its original mission to annually honor grassroots environmental heroes from the six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The Prize recognizes individuals for sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment, often at great personal risk. Each winner receives an award of $150,000, the largest award in the world for grassroots environmentalists. The Goldman Prize views “grassroots” leaders as those involved in local efforts, where positive change is created through community or citizen participation in the issues that affect them. Through recognizing these individual leaders, the Prize seeks to inspire other ordinary people to take extraordinary actions to protect the natural world. The Prize Recipients The work of Goldman Prize recipients often focuses on protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, promoting sustainability, influencing environmental policies and striving for environmental justice. Prize recipients are often women and men from isolated villages or inner cities who chose to take great personal risks to safeguard the environment.

As Pipelines & Oil By Rail Increase, Fed Agency Cuts Staff By 9%

April 25, 2014 Elizabeth Douglass, www.insideclimatenews.org Educate! Energy, Environment, Gas, Oil, Pipelines, Tar Sands

The federal regulator for petroleum pipelines and oil-toting railcars is offering employee buyouts that could shrink the agency's staff by 9 percent by mid-June—a step that has confounded observers because the agency is widely regarded as being chronically understaffed. The job cuts come at a time when PHMSA is already under considerable duress. Politicians and the public have been pushing the agency to more rigorously regulate the nation's aging pipeline network as well as the many new pipelines tied to surging domestic oil and natural gas production. A spate of damaging pipeline spills and oil-by-rail accidents is adding to the workload, exposing PHMSA's shortcomings and intensifying scrutiny of the agency.

A Dispatch From 350’s Divestment Trenches

April 6, 2014 Barbara G Ellis, www.truth-out.org Resist! Climate Change, Gas, Oil

Unlike yesteryear's South African divestment campaign, when major governments worked to end its apartheid policies, almost all governments are largely controlled by the industry. Despite the Ukraine's political chaos, its leaders signed a pair of $10 billion, 50-year "shared" deals permitting Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron to frack for natural gas. In the United States, exploration and drilling permits are easy to get; short-handed regulators are hobbled by budgetary cuts and deliberate red-tape policies. Even horrific rail and pipeline mishaps take years to investigate and rarely generate changes or fines beyond $50,000 when appeals are settled - often decades after they've been initiated. But that may be changing, thanks to the boiling rage of affected publics in Canada and the United States rising from the groundwork laid by 350 and allies in the environmental movement. Twenty-nine US senators just "held the Senate floor all night long to draw attention to the issue of carbon pollution and climate change," according to Oregon's Sen. Jeff Merkley. Another important ally is World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, who in January ordered the world's financiers at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to take drastic financial action against CO2polluters

Angel Of Peace Arrives At Bentley Blockade Of Coal Gas Drilling Site

March 30, 2014 Marie Cameron (A woman with a camera), www.echo.net.au Resist! Australia, Blockade, Coal, Gas

The Bentley blockade has completed its second month and CSG miner Metgasco has yet to get anything through their front gate. Two weeks behind schedule, and with increased blockade pressure, Metgasco can only rely on the force of the police to get its equipment in. Monday saw a carnival atmosphere at the all-important Rosella gate A when the Peace Angel arrived. In the heavy dawn mist people waited to greet her. As the sun rose over the range, there she stood, peaceful and playful on top of a bamboo tripod. Silhouetted in the ball of light she unfurled her wings and peace rolled over the blockade and farmlands.

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