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Tell FERC not to back down on Climate and Environmental Justice!

Stop FERC’s cowardly Betrayal of climate and environmental justice

by DrewAction, allies, Home April 20, 2022Comments are Disabled

In February 2022 , the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued two new rules updating how the commission reviews and approves new pipelines, Liquefied “natural” gas (LNG), gas export facilities and more. The first rule updated the 1999 rules on Natural Gas permitting to, for the first time, include environmental justice impacts. The second rule …

Tell FERC to stop work on the MVP, Now

by DrewAction, allies, Home February 14, 2022February 20, 20229 comments

We’ve been telling you for years about the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), a 300+ mile long fracked-gas pipeline from fracking fields in West Virginia near Pennsylvania, through Virginia, and all the way into North Carolina. The project is still years behind schedule, drowning in debt, and which locals have fought on land, in the courts, …

Tell the Army Corps to shut the MVP down for good!

by DrewAction, allies November 19, 2021November 19, 20212 comments

The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is four years behind schedule, $3 billion over budget and has already racked up $2.7 million in fines. The project should have been stopped or canceled dozens of times, but instead they are applying for another permit from the Army Corps of Engineers. If approved, it will allow the MVP …

Write your local paper: Biden must Build Back Fossil Free

by DrewAction, allies, Home November 8, 2021November 8, 2021Comments are Disabled

Biden made a clear and simple promise on the campaign trail to “Build Back Better.” But Biden can’t do that unless he Builds Back Fossil Free. For months we’ve been campaigning to get Biden to live up to his promises on the campaign trail with these actions: Protect and invest in the Black, Indigenous, People …

Indigenous leaders and allies with raised fists at the White House protest

No time to stop taking action: Tell Biden to declare a climate emergency!

by DrewAction, allies, Home October 20, 2021October 27, 202118 comments

From October 11-15, thousands marched to the White House to demand that President Biden stop all new fossil fuel projects and declare a climate emergency. More than 650 of us participated in civil disobedience and were arrested, and the Biden-Harris White House was forced to respond. Biden is due to leave for the international climate …

Thanks for signing the petition! Take the next step:

by DrewAction October 20, 2021October 20, 20213 comments

Thanks for signing the petition! Now, will you take the next step and call President Biden and tell him to stop all new fossil fuel projects and declare a climate emergency? If you can’t call right now, consider chipping in $1.98 or whatever you can to support this campaign. President Biden has the authority through …

Day 3 People vs Fossil Fuels Why I got arrested today

by DrewAction, allies, Home October 13, 2021October 13, 20212 comments

Today we returned to the White House for the third day of the People vs. Fossil Fuels mobilization and, for the first time this week, I was arrested (briefly) under a giant banner that read “Biden: Our Communities Can’t Wait.” Today’s action, like all our actions this week, were led by indigenous leaders (mostly from …

Day 1, People vs Fossil Fuels

by DrewAction, allies, Home October 11, 2021October 11, 20211 comment

Today was the first day of the People vs. Fossil Fuels mobilization in DC, the week of civilly disobedient protest to demand President Biden declare a climate emergency, and stop all fossil fuel projects we’ve been telling you about. Today was amazing – more than 500 people marched together in solidarity and song to bring …

Find your courage and meet us in DC Oct 11-15. People Vs Fossil Fuels

by DrewUncategorized September 21, 2021September 21, 20212 comments

When he visited New Jersey and New York to tour the flooding damage from Hurricane Ida, the latest climate-fueled super-storm to kill dozens and displace thousands of Americans, President Biden said climate change was a “Code Red” threat. His words echoed the statement by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres a few weeks ago in …

We’re calling the question on Biden’s big test: people vs fossil fuels.

by DrewAction, allies, Home September 7, 2021September 7, 20212 comments

The last few weeks, evidence that the climate is changeD is abundant, deadly, and too common. The West is on fire, climate-fueled superstorm Ida devastated New Orleans on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina – and then went on to cause deadly flooding in New York New Jersey and other states. This is the new reality. …