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, on the …
Read more “Tell the Forest Service to speak for the trees, no MVP”
Quick message in solidarity and action with our fierce allies at Beyond Extreme Energy – I joined BXE today at an action targeting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) monthly meeting – the first since Democratic Chair Richard Glick was ousted by Joe Manchin late last year. I didn’t think much of Glick, as I’ve …
Read more “Stop Manchin’s FERC – a report-back and a new report”
Today is the winter solstice – meaning that from now until next summer, the days will only get warmer, longer, and sunnier. It’s fitting that the solstice comes just after we got word that Manchin’s dirty deal has been defeated a fourth (and we hope, final) time this year! Senate negotiators announced early Tuesday that …
Read more “Gear up in our new store to celebrate the solstice and our work!”
December 15 update – We won, again! For an unprecedented third time, Manchin’s zombie dirty deal has been defeated. It failed on the Senate floor, 47-47, with 60 votes needed for passage. This is yet another huge victory for frontline communities — especially those fighting the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) — and climate justice warriors …
Read more “We Win! Thanks again for calling to stop Manchin’s Zombie dirty deal”
The GTN XPress project is a proposal from TC Energy (the same people who brought you the Keystone XL pipeline and other disasters) to increase the volume of a fracked gas pipeline by 150 million cubic feet per day. The existing GTN line is a 1,354 mile long pipeline that cuts through British Columbia, Idaho, …
Read more “From the Coast to Coast to Coast – Tell FERC to Stop Fossil Fuels!”
We’ve told you before about President Biden’s promise to ban fossil fuel drilling on public lands and waters. But now there are only a few days left to tell Biden’s Interior Department to exclude offshore drilling from their 5 year plan. The current plan calls for 11 additional lease sales: 10 in the Gulf of Mexico, …
Read more “Tell President Biden: No new offshore leases. Period Period Period.”
We win! First of all thank you, so much, to everyone who called, wrote to members of Congress, signed petitions, came to our Sept 8 rally in DC, visited a local member of Congress’ office or in any other myriad ways stood up and said NO to Manchin’s dirty deal. I made a little video …
Read more “Victory! We stopped Manchin’s dirty deal, and what comes next.”
Sept 27 update – The Senate is scheduled to vote today on whether to attach Manchin’s dirty deal to a must pass government funding bill. This is the moment we’ve been fighting for – an up or down vote on Manchin’s dirty deal and every Senator really matters. Click here to call your Senators and …
Read more “No more sacrifice zones – take action to stop Manchin’s dirty deal.”
Sept 21 update: Today, Joe Manchin (Fossil fascist, WV) is finally releasing the details of his dirty deal. But Manchin’s new deal isn’t a sign of strength. It’s a sign of cowardice. More than 80 Democrats in the US House have pledged to stop Manchin’s dirty deal. Senators Sanders and Markey have also pledged to …
There’s been a lot of hot takes, premature celebration, and doomerism since the Manchin-Schumer compromise deal on a big budget reconciliation bill was announced, which Manchin wants to call the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (🤮 ). I took some time and dug through the bill (yes, I read legislative text when I have to) …
Read more “Why I’m suspicious of the Machin-Schumer compromise, and what we do about it”